LGP on Airborne Shooter

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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Are you serious?

Camron is telling you that if a defender is no longer in the PATH of the offensive player after that player has changed direction, then that defender has LOST a legal guarding position. That's completely true and always has been. And you disagree with that?

The definition of "GUARDING" in rule 4-23-1 says that it is "the act of legally placing the body in the PATH of an offensive opponent." The defender can move then laterally or obliquely to MAINTAIN their position in the PATH of the offensive opponent, as long as the opponent isn't airborne. However, if you CAN'T maintain a legal guarding position in the PATH of an offensive opponent, then you have LOST that legal guarding position. That's true for ALL situations. Once you lose LGP, you have to establish it all over again. And the rules won't allow you to ESTABLISH a new legal guarding position on an airborne opponent.

Those are basic guarding principles..

To OBTAIN LGP you have to have two feet on the floor facing the player, however when you move obliquely to MAINTAIN LGP are you still in their path?