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Originally Posted by Pantherdreams
How about this (not to hijack the post but . . .):
Do you call an illegal screen where contact occurs automatically? Or do you treat it like any other fouling situation and let advantage disadvantage play a key role assuming it doesn't lead to rough play??
I guess I see lots of border line screen (poor technique, poor coaching, etc) and struggle with when to call them and when not to. I don't want to let illegal screening go and have it get out of hand but if the defender gets through it anyway or they are no more disadvantaged then they would have been if the kid hadn't stepped or lifted their arms what do you do?
examples: PLayer A sets a screen and lifts elbows and raises arms so they are way outside the body and up. Defender B hits the screen but hits it in the chest and where fists meet so they elbows make no impact on the play as they immediatley switch? Call?
Player A moves in to set a screen and is moving into defender but defender overpowers screener anyway and isn't impeded. Call?
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As a general rule, the defender (or screened player) usually is not going to get a call from me if they are not displaced or they simple give up on the play because they are being screened. I want the defender to usually earn the call by keep moving in the same direction, not just stop because an illegal screen is in front of him. I equate this to holding in football where we want the player being held to attempt to get away. If the defender in football just accepts they are being held and stops or dances with the blocker, then I would not make the call. Too often basketball players accept their plight and will not try to run through the screen or go around taking themselves out of the play instead of being taken out of the play with the contact from the screen. Now this is the philosophy I used to be consistent on calling screens and usually helps me get the obvious violations.
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