Quote:
Originally posted by Hawks Coach
Dan,
...To commit a charge, you must either have the ball or have recently released the ball with momentum carrying you into the defender, so defenders and offensive players moving off the ball cannot commit a charge....
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Well, I hear you saying it but I don't see anywhere
that it's written this way. Here are the NFHS
rules, NCAA men/women similar except for the airborne
shooter:
4-7-2
...Charging is illegal personal contact caused by pushing
or moving into an opponent's torso.
Parts a, b, c & d tells us what this means with respect to
the player in control of the ball & those defending him.
It does not imply a charge is only committed by the
dribbler and it certainly says nothing about players who
just released the ball.
4-19-6
...A player control foul is a common foul committed by a
player while he/she is in control of the ball or by an
airborne shooter
(this last part differs for NCAA men)
4-19-2
...A common foul is a personal foul which is neither
flagrant, nor intentional nor committed against a player
trying or tapping for a field goal nor a part of a
double or multiple foul.