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Originally posted by refTN
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Originally posted by Jimgolf
Along the lines of this topic, what about "leaners" (those players that have legal position for a screen, but the defender goes around, so the screener leans to the side to make his position wider)?
How much leeway do you give to "leaners", or is any contact enough to warrant a foul call?
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Jim this is a good question. the screener can go into what is called a "firm up" position, which watching it you have to be aware of because it looks like he is leaning but he is staying within the base of his body.
A "firm up" position is when a kid is setting up for a screen and he knows he is not going to get hit square in the chest, he knows he is going to get hit just slightly off the center of it so he will move pretty much just his upper body over to one side of his base putting all his weight on one leg, but still being in an upright position.
In this case though you do have to watch if he gets out of his base or throws a chicken wing or sticks a knee out, etc.
Be very careful in calling this an illegal screen.
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Who told you that one? If you move your upper body over to one side so that the contact was outside of the normal vertical plane of the screener, then it's an illegal screen. Even in the .......wait for it......SEC.
NFHS rule 10-6-1--"A player shall not .....impede the progress of an opponent by....bending the body into other than a
normal position". Leaning your torso sideways to contact an opponent outside of your vertical plane isn't a "normal position".
"Firm up position"?
Firm base is OK. Leaning the torso above a firm base isn't.