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Old Thu Jan 30, 2014, 04:06pm
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Originally Posted by #olderthanilook View Post
From the video angle, it appears the offensive player's head and shoulders get past the torso of the defender.

According to NFHS rules, that helps us determine the play was a block.
It's not determinative.

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Head and shoulders is a rule of thumb, it's not a hard/fast rule to define a block. It works well when both players are moving, but even then isn't definitive.
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