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Originally posted by Hawks Coach
in that the upper blocks are clear. But the most significant (from a rebounding perspective) differences remain - position of the lowest player and when players can enter the lane.
Mick, I think that Nick and I are responding to DanR assertion that NF went with the NCAA men's rule. Looking at one aspect of the rule in isolation is not appropriate. Most significant aspects of the rule are nothing like NCAA men.
I would suggest that NCAA women have it right for entering on rim (yet they allow entering on release). The reason they allow the women to step away may be related to the fact that women don't get up to the rim for rebounds, so they need the additional space for the longer rebounds that the men reach just by elevating. However, NCAA men have it right for entering on release - stepping on the block allows a bit better angle to begin with, and they have time to get into the lane and get postioned for the longer rebounds.
NF seems to have decided to use the least compatible of both sides of the rule, by keeping players as low as possible and making them wait for rim.
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Hawks Coach,
I agree with your assessment, but if you subscribe to the "step-by-step" method of changing a rule, Fed now has the opportunity to move the lower players onto the block
or to move the players up one entire space after they see how the 6-player thing works out.
I am sure they look for flexibility in decision making before taking the next step.
We still have to give them credit for being open to change and improvements.
As for you thinking that Dan asserted that Fed went entirely to the Men's rule, then I offer a "
Tsk, tsk!". You know better than that.
mick