I didnt say they teach to fall away early. I said its the natural reaction.
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As a coach I don't want my player falling early. Much more likely to get landed on and more likely to get pinned with a blocking foul.
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Really depends on the situation but I generally call this a block as the falling players legs trip the opponent.
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The plays where offense comes in and jumps off two feet, defender starts fall, and offense comes down and trips are ones I call block. If he stays up no one goes to floor. I consider it a trip. |
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We're in the sales profession as officials. Make a call harder for me to sell, I may just not make it. |
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I dont know what it is, and this is starting to change, but for years in this area if you made a charge call, you may as well have two heads. Block is/was regarded as the safe call. Used to work with some guys that if they did make a charge call, I had a hard time keeping the whistle in my mouth from my jaw dropping. |
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I understand it's a natural reflex...I just used to get an ass chewin for it. (There's the truth of it. Deep seated anguish) |
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If so, I got a PC foul as far as NFHS goes. |
I think we're discussing different terms.
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I agree that falling early will more likely result in a no call. If the defender is falling already, it is easy to make the argument that, even if there is contact, he was not disadvantaged. But if the defender is stationary and/or has LGP, and moves completely away from the offense, his feet didn't kick out toward the dribbler/shooter, then there is no way this should result in a blocking foul.
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