NFHS Revised Legal Screening Rule

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by deecee

Sometimes I think some of you officiate basketball on a different planet than I ever did...

And remember, it all simply and innocently started with this:

Originally Posted by Freddy

4-40-1: A screen is legal action by a player who, while touching the playing court, without causing contact, delays or prevents an opponent from reaching a desired position.

4.40.2: SITUATION: A1 sets a stationary screen with one foot on or outside a boundary line. B1 makes contact with A1 in the torso. RULING: A blocking foul is ruled on A1 because a player may not be out-of-bounds while setting a legal screen.

Thanks Freddy.

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

And for some of us we officiated in a different century! LOL!

MTD, Sr.