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Old Mon Jan 24, 2005, 04:22pm
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Originally posted by LarryS


Sit. 2 – A1 steals the ball in B’s backcourt and starts driving toward the basket. B2 takes a position at the edge of the lane and prepares to take the charge. When A1 is getting ready to make contact, B2 takes a little step back and starts to recoil (clearly before the contact). My son called a block on B2. I will state categorically that if it was high school varsity I would hold the position that B bailed too soon and blocked A1 in his attempt and make the same call he made.
Agree with Rocky. Why would that become a block at the high school level? The defender is allowed to protect himself and he's still got a legal guarding position. It's a charge at all levels if the contact is on the defender's torso.
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