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Originally posted by ref18
In a charge, the defensive player has to have established legal garding posistion (both feet inbounds, both feet on the floor, and facing the opponent being guarded), legal guarding posistion can be kept, if the defensive man is not moving toward's the offensive player, and remains inbounds. Any contact to the torso while the defensive man has legal guarding posistion is a charge.
any other contact where the defensive player does not have posistion or if his arms are parallel to the floor, and the contact is made on the arms, is a block
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Let's back up a minute here. In terms of the infamous "Block/Charge" ref18 gives a decent overview of the basics, but you should also keep in mind that the signal and call for "Block" can also be used for illegal screens, and other illegal contact away from the ball by both offense and defense.
Here's the exact wording from the official rule book for HS, see 4-7-1 and 4-7-2. "Blocking is illegal personal contact which impedes the progress of an opponent." "Charging is illegal personal contact caused by pushing or moving into an opponent's torso. etc etc" As the definition of charging progresses, it becomes clear that "charging" means pretty much the same thing as "player control foul." Blocking is illegal screens, illegally stepping into the path of the dribbler, stuff like that.