block/charge call
 

On a 'charge call', can the defender be moving?
ie...offensive player driving to basket, defender has established a legal guarding position, but is moving during contact.
Thanks in advance

Yes. IF the defender is moving backwards or obliquely, and doesn't move into the path after the offense goes airborne. Or if the defense is just turning to absorb contact.

"Must be set" is a complete myth.

Absolutely the defender can be moving!

Always listen to bob

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He Wasn't Set ...
 

The Most Misunderstood NFHS Basketball Rules
A defensive player does not have to remain stationary to take a charge. A defender may turn away, or duck, to absorb contact, provided the defender has already established legal guarding position, which is both feet on the playing court, and facing the opponent. The defender can always move backwards, or sideways, to maintain a legal guarding position, and may even have one or both feet off the floor when contact occurs. That player may legally rise vertically. If the defender is moving forward, then the contact is caused by the defender, which is a blocking foul. If the opponent with the ball is airborne, the defender must have obtained legal position before the opponent left the floor.

Things Officials Should Probably Not Be Saying In A Game
“He wasn’t set”, is often an official’s answer to a coach who is questioning a blocking foul on his player. This implies that a defensive player must be set, and can’t move, to take a charge, while, in reality, the rules say otherwise. A defensive player does not have to remain stationary to take a charge. A defender may turn away or duck to absorb contact, provided he, or she, has already established legal guarding position, which is both feet on the playing court and facing the opponent. The defender can always move backwards, or sideways, to maintain a legal guarding position, and may even have one, or both feet, off the floor when contact occurs. That player may legally rise vertically. However, if the defender is moving forward, then the contact is caused by the defender, which, in this case, is a blocking foul.

I'm interested to know what inspired you to post this question? Did someone quote a rule to you that said a defender could not be moving?

Rimshot ...
 

Probably a coach.

Coaches don't quote rules. ;)

Quoth The Coach ...
 

They try, but often fail.

One of my favorites:

"Yes, I agree that it definitely was excessive contact, but that is not an intentional foul."

Coaches. Hard to officiate with them. Hard to officiate without them.

Like I said, coaches don't quote rules.

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Nah, it was Jay Bilas.


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Give That Man A Cigar ...
 

My nomination of Post O' The Month.

And why are we listening to them again? What process do coaches go through to know any rule extensively? Just like what process does an official go through to break down multiple offenses and multiple defenses? Stay in your lane.

Peace

Pretend To Listen ...
 

Because the biggest complaint that coaches have against officials (at least, by a CIAC survey here in Connecticut) is that officials don't listen, so we pretend to listen. I'm really good at this, ask my ex-wife.

And sometimes coaches are so loud that it's impossible not to listen to them. This is sometimes followed by the coach sitting on a cold bus the parking lot.

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Just like I do as a retail manager, allowing customers to think they are always right, as an official I'll pretend to care about what a coach is whining about.

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Please Say It Ain't So ...
 

What? You mean that when I complain that the twenty cents off coupon for a can of peas is only two days expired and that I should still be able to redeem it, you're really not listening to me, even though you're smiling at me? The smile is real? Right?

Drop The Microphone ...
 

For almost twenty years I worked a part time summer job as a bartender/starter/toilet cleaner/jack of all trades at a small family owned golf course. My boss, a rich little Italian lady owner, when complained to by a customer, would, at first, try to politely deal with the customer, but if pushed would end the conversation by saying, "If you don't like the rules, buy yourself a golf course like I did".

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If a coach is respectful I'll listen, but chances are he/she is wasting their breath and just needs to vent.

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Sweet Red Roasted Peppers ...
 

Ever hear of Mancini Peppers? She married into the Mancini family. Her brothers were all professionals, doctor, school principal, funeral director, silent partners in the golf course business. Big bucks all around. But "down-to-earth" nice. If I screwed up, she called me a "Crazy Irish bastard", but was kind, generous, and treated me like family.

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