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I disagree a bit with some of the comments as they apply to pre-HS levels. For example, I think saying "with the body" while giving the push signal is good education for the players and coach -- who so often are going nuts because there was a clean block if you only looked from the shoulders up. Similarly, pointing to the elbow b/c that's where the contact was can help tell the coach what's going on.
(None of this excuses "over the back" or "reach," however, as both describe a legal play until and unless illegal contact is made and both expressions "teach" an incaccurate understanding of the rules . . . though I got called for both in the same adult rec league game last week . . . )
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