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Originally posted by JRutledge
The overall point is that "over the back" is not a foul. You can out jump an opponent from behind and a coach will cry for "over the back."
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Agreed, absolutely, but as I said earlier isn't this a very debatable call a large percentage of the time about whether there was enough contact to be a foul? Can't we just read between the lines and know that the coach means: Hey, that guy gave my guy a
PUSH in the
BACK when
he went
OVER him on that rebound. Try this angle.
Coaches also yell: Walk! He walked! That's a walk! etc.
I find no violation which contains the word walk. Why do we not insist that he yell: Hey, 33 illegally moved his pivot foot!
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So the use of language is very important, because the term is based on a rulebook myth.
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Please excuse my ignorance, but what exactly is this myth?