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Originally Posted by btaylor64
I have a block as well. I understand the defender is "a few steps away", but with a moving player who is catching the ball, the defender must give time and distance to that player and later in the sitch it says, "the post player catches, and immediately slams into the defender". The way I see this in my head (which I agree is a "I would have to see it" play) it is a blocking foul.
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Give your head a shake.......
The rules(both NFHS and NCAA) say that no time or distance is required to gain a legal guarding position on a player with the ball. The only proviso is that you must establish LGP on an airborne player before they leave the feet. As you noted above, the player caught the ball
before slamming into the defender. It can't be a block under the rules.
If the player hasn't caught the ball, time or distance is required. If they have caught the ball,
no time or distance is required.
Basic concept.