Mon Apr 19, 2004, 05:59pm
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Originally posted by Eric Huechteman
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Originally posted by Snaqwells
Eric,
The original post has the offensive player "creating" space with contact. This is, in my book, the definition of advantage. Find another way to create space.
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Respectfully, I disagree. In nearly every situation I have seen, the offensive player is creating space that he should have anyway. (The overzealous defensive player is leaning in on the player with the ball.)
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There are only three situations where your statement can be true and none of them apply. Basically, no player owns a space they don't already occupy unless...
they are airborne and that space was open when they jumped
they are moving without the ball and the opponent doesn't allow time and distance
that space is above them (verticality).
Aside from these, the have the right to nothing.
If the defensive player was already making contact that has not been determined to be a foul, additional contact from the offense doesn't make it so.
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Originally posted by Eric Huechteman
In HS, though, I do agree there should be a call, one way or the other. If the defensive player is crowding the player with the ball, making it difficult to move, it's a call against the defense. If the offensive player is trying to make room to pass or to get out of a trap, it's a call on the offense.
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If the defender is crowding the player with the ball, making it hard to move, that's what I call good defense.
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