Legal pick?

[Jurassic Referee]

Illegal block. The player setting the pick is moving forward out of her vertical at contact.

[Tio]

It is a violent play. Nobody will say a thing if you call a foul on that play.

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by Tio

It is a violent play.

That wouldn't be the reason I would call the foul. I have seen plenty of violent collisions on legal screens, and I would've been wrong to call a foul just so "no one would say anything".

In this case, the screener did not provide the required time/distance before stepping in the path of the opponent. My guess is it caught the new T by surprise, since it was secondary defender. This would've been a good call by the C.

[vbzebra]

[B]"In this case, the screener did not provide the required time/distance before stepping in the path of the opponent. My guess is it caught the new T by surprise, since it was secondary defender. This would've been a good call by the C." [/QUOTE][/B]

Since it might have indeed "caught the new T by surprise", and since I was taught to "referee the defense", I understand the T should be watching the on-ball defender in his/her area. But would this serve as a teaching point to glance up quickly to see if there is a screener in the area? This may have gotten rid of the "surprise" factor for the T. Thoughts???

Similar play happened to me in 2-man last year. Call was blatantly obvious in my situation b/c the screener extended his arms during contact as if he were a linebacker tattooing a quarterback after an interception!

In my opinion (only entering my 2nd year, so I don't have the experience as others here), I feel it was an illegal screen not b/c of the severity, but b/c the screener wasn't stationary in her vertical plane and leaned out of her plane to set the screen. Foul? yes. Dirty/flagrant? No.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by vbzebra

In this case, the screener did not provide the required time/distance before stepping in the path of the opponent. My guess is it caught the new T by surprise, since it was secondary defender. This would've been a good call by the C.

Caught the new T by surprise? Amen. I've watched this video several times, knowing what to expect, and this screen still catches me by surprise. Imagine how surprised the screened player must have been.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Tio

It is a violent play. Nobody will say a thing if you call a foul on that play.

Severity of contact is NEVER a factor in determining whether a block is legal or not.

See NFHS rule 4-40-7.