Block/Charge

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

The point that I am trying to make is that while the rules talk about the dribbler (A1) getting his/her head and shoulders past the defender (B1) still does not mean that any and all contact should be charged against B1. If B1 moves into A1 after A1 gets his/her head and shoulders past B1 then B1 should be charged with a blocking foul; if B1 moves straight back or away from A1 and contact still occurs, then it is possible that A1 could be charged with the contact or no foul should be charged to either A1 or B1.

If B1 does what I have described in my post of Jan. 28, 2004, 07:55pm, it would be very difficult to charge B1 with a foul. One of the fundamentals of basketball is that if B1 has obtained/estalished a legal guarding position, is not moving, and is maintaing his/her verticality, then B1 cannot be guilty of a foul if there is contact between B1 and a moving A1.