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Originally posted by guille
A1 is a post player and has the ball backing up on B1 aggressively. B1 has his forearm across A1's back trying to stop his progress to the basket. When the pushing by A1 becomes a foul and when the pushing by B1 becomes a foul?
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I tell players sometimes when they ask about a call later if you would have closed your eyes you would have had him.
What this means is that the defender had established his position in plenty of time, perhaps just sitting back in zone defense. Offensive player commits himself to go to the basket, sometimes backing in or making a spin move so he loses where the defender is. If the defender would stay straight up, it would be PC all the way. But too many times the defender, especially a young player, cannot resist extending his hand(s) or forearm to catch the dribbler coming in, which changes the call completely.