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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee
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.
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If the catch and contact were simultaneous would you consider it a block then? I am trying to picture this happening and have to admit when I first read the Op I thought Block, Then as I read more posts I am thinking yea a charge fits but what if?
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