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Originally Posted by Fritz
So I was just curious if there was some understanding that you had to be facing each other in order to be "closely guarded."
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Nope, there is no mention in the rules about "facing each other", only that the defender
initially be facing the opponent. In fact, once initial Legal Guarding Position is obtained, "The guard is not required to continue facing the opponent". (4-23-2 and 4-23-3) There is no mention that offensive player needs to be facing the defender at any time.