Screening Posture

[Mark Dexter]

Originally posted by Jurassic Referee

Sometimes a crouch is a legitimate defensive posture - especially if the defender is attacking the ball. Unless the defender is purposely sticking his/her rear out into traffic, I'm going to have a hard time calling that defender for a foul on the contact.
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Exactly. Judgement call. If you think that the defender is purposely sticking his butt out into traffic by assuming an unnatural stance to enhance the size of the screen, then he's gaining an unfair advantage- and a foul should be called on the screener IF any subsequent contact is on the body part that is deliberately sticking out where it normally wouldn't be. If the contact is on where the screener's torso would be in a normal stance, then the onus for contact should shift to the defensive player being screened. [/B][/QUOTE]

Guess we agree, then.