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Old Fri Apr 02, 2004, 02:08pm
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Re: What about....

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Originally posted by rwest
I completed my first season of officiating basketball this past November. So, I'm still a rookie. I don't have my rule book with me, but I recall that a blind screen is illegal if there is not at least one step between the screener and screenee. This gives the screenee a chance to avoid the screen. How often do you call this and what do you have to see as far as contact/displacement in order to call the foul? Also, what is the correct call? A block? Push?
I probably never call a blind screen, mainly because the player being screened stops when they feel the contact. There is no reason to call a foul in those situations.

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Originally posted by rwest
How about when the screener doesn't keep his elbows tucked into his/her body? Suppose the elbows are out passed the hips? What must you see to call this?
Contact that affects the player being screened from doing what they already are trying to do.

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Displacement or just the fact that the defender had to swing out more to avoid the screen?
Well you cannot call the latter. The last example is not a foul or anything for that matter. But most coaches think that is illegal, which it is not. It would be like calling a foul on a defender that violates verticality rules without any contact.

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