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Old Sun Feb 24, 2019, 08:01pm
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Side note: When we discuss Legal Guarding Position, does distance matter? For example, A1 is guarding B1. A1 is 30 feet away from B1 and facing B1. Is A1 considered to be in legal guarding position?
By rule, distance doesn't matter. In practice, the farther away* B1 is from A1, the tougher it is to observe the initial legal guarding position.

(Amended: From 0' - 3', the farther, the easier. Form 3'-6', it's flat. From 6'+, the farther, the harder. Yes, I mean those distances exactly.)
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