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Originally Posted by rwest
To OBTAIN LGP you have to have two feet on the floor facing the player, however when you move obliquely to MAINTAIN LGP are you still in their path?
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You don't have to have
ANY feet on the floor to
maintain a LGP. That's only a prerequisite to initially
obtaining a LGP. However, to
maintain a LGP you do have to constantly stay in your opponent's path. If an opponent changes direction, the official then has to judge whether the defender was able to constantly stay in that opponent's path. Judgment call iow. Once you're judged to be out of that opponent's path, buh-bye LGP. And if that opponent becomes airborne and you're not in their path when they did so, you can't possibly have a LGP. The defender now has to
obtain a new LGP all over again. And the rules won't allow any defender to
obtain a new LGP
after their opponent goes airborne. That's what Mark seems to be unable to comprehend.