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Old Sat Oct 06, 2012, 08:08pm
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Originally Posted by Adam View Post
Seems to me the fists are irrelevant here. I see a lot of girls protect their chests with the fists when setting screens. And when a close screen is set, contact will often be made.

The only real issue is whether the push displaced the opponent.
I"m not seeing it in the NFHS book (maybe it is in NCAA?) that a screener can protect one's self, provided the action is a recoil action and not a pushing action.

Or maybe that's a dreaded rule myth.
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