Block/Charge call

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Judgement call. NFHS rule 10-6-1 says that the defender can't bend his body into other than a normal position. The FED has clarified that statement before by saying that if the defender widens his stance, and subsequently contact is made outside of the normal frame of his body stance, the call should be on the defender.

You have to judge yourself if the defender assumed other than a normal stance and if the contact also occurred outside of that normal stance. Iow, it's a "haveta be there" call.

JR's right. Here is the text of the rule that he cited. It sounds like a blocking foul to me.

10-6-1 . . . A player shall not: hold, push, charge, trip; nor impede the progress of an opponent by extending an arm, shoulder, hip or knee, or by bending the body into other than a normal position; nor use any rough tactics. ...