Thread: 4-Point Play?
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Old Sat Dec 08, 2007, 04:25pm
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Originally Posted by inigo montoya
Thank you for your opinion. At this point in my life, I am more concerned with calling the game in a way is consistent with the rules and in making sure that we maintain control of it for 32 minutes. If by definition holding is not reaching your arm across an opponent's body and impeding his progress so that he cannot occupy a position on the court he would otherwise be legally entitled to, then I'm not sure what is.
All of what you said is true, but what is missing is the concept of advantage/disadvantage. Contact alone doesn't make it a foul. The effect of the contact makes it a foul.
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