Body Displacement

[JRutledge]

Originally posted by rainmaker


There's no judgment involved at all if he gets the ball cleanly. And there should be no judgment involved if the shooter gets knocked to the floor. The judgment comes in if the contact is slight, and the defender is in legal position. In the play described at the beginning of this thread, the defender was trying to block the ball from behind, so the position was not legal, and there was contact. No judgment at all. Foul. Period.

Not sure how you can say there is no judgment involved. Of course there is judgment, not all officials see the play the same way. Some of officials are not in position to tell if there is a block or to determine if the contact warrants a foul or the contact should be passed on. I also think again 4-27 still applies here. If the contact did not hinder the offensive player from doing their normal activities, it is not simply a foul.

I am with Jeff again. I work some kids that can really leap and it is not often on a block shot there is absolutely no contact. If we called every little contact made, we would not work any more games. I worked a summer league game yesterday with two programs that routinely have D1 prospects on their teams. They game had a lot of contact and players playing above the rim. If I called fouls on blocked shots with some contact, I would have got run out of there.

Peace