contact on a blind screen

[zebraman]

The whole purpose of a screen is to attract contact.

When I was coaching, the purpose of it was to free up a player for an open shot. But contact did occur at times.

I am sorry you have trouble determining intent.

Anyone who says that's an easy call is lying. When a player runs into a blind screen at full speed, it's tough to figure out if they tried to stop or not. It'd be real nice if the teammate communicated and let them know that a screen was coming. My only point was that this is a tough one and I'd like to see NFHS do a specific case study since I've seen this one posted several times on a variety of boards. If your team set the screen and got barreled over, you are in the very small minority if you aren't screaming for a foul with your parents. 99% of the coaches I work for not only scream for a foul, but that's when the comments like, "somebody is going to get hurt out there if you don't call that" start.

I for one will be very upset if you take away every one of my blind screen layups because of severe contact that is permissible by rule.

I haven't had any games where I've had severe contact more than once or twice this year so I won't take away too many. Hopefully I'll get it right. But when I say, "I didn't think the screened player tried to stop," and you don't agree, you'll have no choice but to accept my call.



Z