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Originally posted by Whistles & Stripes
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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
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Originally posted by refTN
As an official, if a kid is falling before he gets hit but there is contact I will call a block or nothing at all.
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Even if the kid falling down had legal guarding position?
Lah me.
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Key word there Jurassic is HAD. Once he begins the "bailout," he no longer HAS legal guarding position, therefore, a block would be the correct call in this situation.
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Say what?
Methinks you should maybe do a l'il reading of the ol' rule book. Being able to be moving and still maintain a legal guarding position is a basic concept of the LGP principle. You've got it completely wrong.
Try NFHS rule 4-23-3(b) first. That sez
the guard is not required to continue facing the opponent". Then try rule 4-23-3(c). Note that it sez
"the guard may move laterally or obliquely to maintain position, provided it is not toward the opponent when the contact occurs". Then try rule 4-23-3(e) which sez
"The guard may turn or duck to absorb the shock of imminent contact".
There is
never any prerequisite in the rules that sez you must be stationary and can't be moving to maintain a legal guarding position.
The basic concepts of LGP are the same under NCAA rules.