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Old Sun Aug 25, 2002, 07:20pm
BktBallRef BktBallRef is offline
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IMHO, there's no comparison.

The greater risk of injury is created by the lower block. When the player is engaged above the waist, he has no way to defend against the low block. The blocker has him straight up and the knees are wide open.

When the lower block is delivered first, the greatest risk of injury is now over. The block above the waist is very unlikely to cause any injury.

As far as how it's called versus how it's written, I've never seen a low-high block called a chop block.
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