Bumping the Cutter

[Junker]

Originally Posted by mick

Coach,
If you make use of legal screening techniques, you'll be good.
mick

I have to agree. From your original post I was envisioning you teaching your players to bump offensive players as they went across the lane, like Michael Cooper used to get away with bumping Larry Bird. As long as you keep legal screening principles in mind, you'll be good. Something I think of as an official is that every player has the right to their space on the court. When others get into that space, that is when fouls occur, depending advantage/disadvantage and incidental contact. As far as how it is called, again I think it really depends on the level and where you are playing. I know of some assignors that want pretty much all of that off ball contact called, I work for others that say ignore it unless it really affects the play