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Originally Posted by Nevadaref
That's a charge. The defender did a fantastic job.
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Originally Posted by BadNewsRef
He turned his left shoulder in to guarantee the contact.
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Originally Posted by Camron Rust
Torso/shoulder was shifting forward at the time of contact making it a block.
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The last two comments bring me back to what I posted recently in another thread, which was based on a conversation with the NCAAW SRE...
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Originally Posted by JetMetFan
*Defenders aren't required to become statues once their feet hit the ground. It's not a fair expectation.
*Every player has their own vertical plane and they're allowed to rise within that plane. That includes straightening up.
*If their body moves forward outside their vertical plane and there's contact, they've committed a foul.
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We're all going to see things differently at times but to me it doesn't appear the defender is moving forward outside his vertical plane. Sure, his chest puffs out but that might have been a method of absorbing the contact. Regardless, I'm not seeing him move outside his vertical plane - i.e., in front of his feet. Assuming a defender is in LGP to begin with they're allowed to rise or jump vertically and occupy that space. They're not permitted to "belly up" or use their lower body to cause contact
outside their vertical plane.