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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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Rule 4-44-5: "The offensive player whether on the floor or airborne, may not "clear out" or cause contact within the defender's vertical plane which is a foul."
Rule 4-44-6: "The defender may not "belly up" or use the lower part of the body or arms to cause contact outside his/her vertical plane which is a foul."
The offensive player may not use his elbows to "clear out," but the defensive player may not "belly up" either. It is not good defense, but, rather, poor officiating, if a player can "cause contact outside of his/her vertical plane" without being called for a foul. I see this all the time in HS games: A1 gets trapped and is slowly pushed off balance. Is a foul called? NO, that's just good defense. Instead, A1 is called for traveling.
Rule 4-23-3b: "The guard may move laterally or obliquely to maintain position, provided it is
not toward the opponent when contact occurs."
Is it possible to contact a
stationary opponent without moving toward him?