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Originally posted by Dan_ref
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Originally posted by blindzebra
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Originally posted by Dan_ref
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Originally posted by blindzebra
You are not guarding if the dribbler is passed you.
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Like Camron said, depends on what direction the dribbler is going.
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I explained it in an earlier post. The path is TOWARD the basket. A defender that is behind a dribbler moving AWAY from the basket is still in the path to the basket.
Once the ball is in the front court the offense's objective is to score, so a defender is guarding if they are in the path between their opponent and the basket.
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According to the fed "Guarding is the act of legally placing the body in the path of an offensive opponent." Closely guarding ..."occurs when a player in control of the ball in his/her team's frontcourt, is guarded by an opponent who is with 6 feet of the player who is holding or dribbling the ball."
NCAA men's is the same. NCAA women's do not apply here since there's no closely guarding for them while dribbling.
I'm not sure where you get your interp from, under the rules.
Care to explain?
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My interp fits with how 99.9% of officials judge closely guarded. If you don't include path, as between the offensive player and the basket, there will be a lot of 5 second violations in the middle of lay ups!
You gonna keep your count if the dribbler is past the defender, attacking the basket, but this CHASING defender is within 6 feet?
The intent of the rule is to keep the game from becoming actionless or a Curly Neal/And One dribbling show. It is to reward GOOD defense, but not BAD defense.