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At the risk of opening up a heated debate on the infamous block/charge call, I'd like to hear a couple of opinions on this situation.
At this week's pre-season association meeting our Rules Interpreter got on us collectively for not calling charges correctly. He focused on the situation when a post defender (A1) establishes legal guarding position first, followed by a driving offensive player (B1) driving hard toward the hole. As B1 leaves his feet, A1 also leaves his feet by jumping straight up (arms and hands also straight up) trying to block B1's shot. A1 contacts B1 with hard hip-to-hip contact while both are in the air. Our Rules Interpreter said this should be a player control foul on B1 because of the principle of A1's verticality...going straight up. He said we HS refs almost always kick the call by calling a block on A1. He challenged us to make the proper (but unpopular and misunderstood) call of a charge on B1.
I can just see B1's coach coming unglued on this call. Comments?
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JAdams
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