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Originally Posted by jdw3018
1) Is the only "path" for a player the direction they are facing?
2) Is a post player "backing down" a defender not moving in a direction other than what they are facing?
3) Is a guard who slices laterally not going in a path to the side?
4) That said, since "path" is not defined as only the direction a player's torso is facing (it would be stupid to define it that way) I am perfectly happy with my judgement that the path a player is taking may or may not be the direction they are facing.
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1) No, their path is the direction that they are
moving.
2) Yes, but they are also backing down in a path. And if the defender being backed down is in that path, that defender has a LGP. The defender does not have an LGP if he is at the side of the path.
3) Yes, the guard can set their path laterally. And to have a LGP, the defender must be in front of that lateral path,
not to the side of it.
4)you're right, it's the direction that they're moving, not necessarily facing, that determines their path. But you were wrong when you stated that a defender standing
beside that path had LGP. The defender has to be
in the path to have a LGP.
It's not just semantics. It's understanding what actually comprises a LGP.