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Originally posted by JO
Did the defensive player establish a legal guarding position?...from your post...I do NOT believe the defensive player did....Question: Is running parallel -- FACING the player with the ball?...I do NOT think it is ...FACING to me means that our chests are square to each other...NOT perfectly...we are NOT going to split hairs...but if my initial guarding position puts my chest pointed to the sideline and your chest is pointed to the endline...this is NOT establishing a legal guarding position...
What are your thoughts? ... JO
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Of course I agree with JR & Tony, but to more directly
answer your question - all that is required to establish
guarding position is to have both feet on the floor facing
the offensive player. In this play B1 might have established much prior to the contact. Further, if B1 is
running parallel to A1 and between A1 & the basket then he
is in fact guarding A1.