High school rule: player entitled to his space on the floor

[tnolan]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

No. A defender's position is generally determined by the position his/her body, not the position of his/her feet (definition of guarding says putting the body in the path...and by body, they mean torso). Extending a foot into the path of an opponent negates LGP (by rule) if contact occurs on the extended foot.

The difference between a player lying down after falling and a defender extending a leg is that the fallen player's legs are presumably in line with his/her torso. The case cited above says that the horizontal player will have committed a foul if they raise a leg to create contact, essentially extending the leg outside his/her body frame.

Okay. Well an extended leg into the path is an obvious foul if that's where the contact is. I was thinking more about OIC on a screener torso with their legs outside plane vs. OIC on a defender torso with their legs outside plane, as well as a defender sliding to move outside their plane but not into the path.

And essentially a "prone player foul" is only a foul...if it's actually a foul.