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Originally posted by BktBallRef
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Originally posted by zebraman
Mick,
Do you think the defender should have to get there early enough to have time to look down and make sure he doesn't put a foot on the line?  If so, the dribblers must be a lot slower than when I played.
Z
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Z, that's too E-Z!
If a coach can teach his defender to step OOB to cut off the dribbler's path, then he can most assuredly teach him that it's against the rules to step OOB, "So don't do it."
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When I played defense (which was rare, I admit
), I was taught to be looking at the defender's torso. If you look at the ball or the feet instead, the offensive player has you beat already. I just don't understand how the defender can now be expected to look down and pick up the sideline when trying to stay with Johnny Quickstep. If Johnny Quickstep sees the defender look down, he's gone. If the defender doesn't look down and Johnny Quickstep sees the defenders foot on the line, he initiates contact for a block (as written in the rules). It just doens't seem very well thought out.
Z