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Originally posted by Joe
Although the wording *may* confuse some I read the original post to say the shooter moves into and/or under the defender AFTER the defender jumped. IOW, if the shooter had stayed inside *his* vertical plane there would be no contact. I read this as a nearly stationary shooter prior to the defender's jump.
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The offensive player isn't required to stay within his vertical plane, but the defender is. And if he doesn't, he is no longer in a legal guarding position. Read 4-44
Verticality applies to a legal position. The basic components of the principle of verticality are:
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Legal guarding position must be obtained initially and movement thereafter must be legal.
ART. 2 From this position, the defender may rise or jump vertically and occupy the space within his/her vertical plane.
Wow! What a statement! As long as the defender stays within his vertical plane, he's legal. What a concept! but you'rer saying he's legal if he goes outside his vertical plane. Do you have a rule that backs this up? No one else has been able to provide one.
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ART. 3 The hands and arms of the defender may be raised within his/her vertical plane while on the floor or in the air.
ART. 4 The defender should not be penalized for leaving the floor vertically or having his/her hands and arms extended within his/her vertical plane.
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Once again, the defender's movements are legal if he stays
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within his/her vertical plane.
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ART. 5 The offensive player whether on the floor or airborne, may not "clear out" or cause contact within the defender' s vertical plane which is a foul.
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Once again, it's a foul on the offense if he violates the defender's vertical plane, not if he jumps where the defender is also jumping.
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>I'm not talking about a player who kicks his leg out.
Does it matter what body part (;-/) the shooter uses to draw contact?
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Certainly it does. See 4-23-1.
A player who extends an
arm, shoulder, hip or leg into the path of an opponent is not considered to have a legal position if contact occurs.
I've provided rule references to back up my statements. Can you?