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Originally posted by ChuckElias
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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
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Originally posted by refTN
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.
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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.
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"Firm up" is a phrase I first heard from an NBA ref. Since the SEC is assigned by Mr. Guthrie, and he implements a lot of NBA philosophies at his camps, I would not be surprised if the SEC officials allow a player to shift their weight to one side (but not outside) of their vertical plane. This is -- I think -- what is meant by "firming up".
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Yup, and he'd better not be have moved outside the normal vertical plane that he was in when he first set the screen. If contact did occur outside of the initial vertical plane of the screener,then it's an illegal screen even though the contact may still be on the outer edge of the torso. Iow, you're taking your chances if you lean.
"Firm up" is just setting yourself solidly to take the screening contact, no matter how you do it.