What is your call ?

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

I'd like to know how this forearm was extended - so it's a had to see play - because if the forearm was out of the cylinder, I have a block. If the forearm was just (almost) immediately in front on his own torso, I have a PC.

Would anybody call a foul on a player setting a screen if they just had their forearms in front of their body?

The forearms being out of the cylinder doesn't automatically make the call a block. Being up in the air has no real significance on the call either, as long as the defender isn't jumping towards the offensive player.

Rule 10-6-4--A player may hold his/her hand(s) and arm(s) in front of his/her own face or body for protection and to absorb force from an imminent charge by an opponent."

Straight judgment call imo. It depends on what you think the defender is doing with his forearms. If the forearms are just there....passive.....and the offensive player initiates contact on what would have been the defender's torso except for the forearms, I'd have a charge in that case. That's why this one is a htbt call, as you said above. Can't really tell without seeing it.

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Would anybody call a foul on a player setting a screen if they just had their forearms in front of their body?

The forearms being out of the cylinder doesn't automatically make the call a block. Being up in the air has no real significance on the call either, as long as the defender isn't jumping towards the offensive player.

Rule 10-6-4--A player may hold his/her hand(s) and arm(s) in front of his/her own face or body for protection and to absorb force from an imminent charge by an opponent."

Straight judgment call imo. It depends on what you think the defender is doing with his forearms. If the forearms are just there....passive.....and the offensive player initiates contact on what would have been the defender's torso except for the forearms, I'd have a charge in that case. That's why this one is a htbt call, as you said above. Can't really tell without seeing it.

We're on the same page, from what I read. However, I do think the fact that the defender maintained verticality is large significance to the decision by the official(s), because the Fed does seem to stress this concept quite often.