Basketball faceguarding!!!

[jdmara]

Originally Posted by mick

At just under 6'0", I, too, was an undersized defender in high school, ... but I owned the ball if it went below the waist.

As a 5'6" giant, undersized was an understatement. Going into the lane was a foreign concept in HS. I guess that's why I played most of my minutes on the bench because I just wasn't tall enough. Most of my minutes were played faceguarding an opponent because the "better player" was earning too many fouls. I blame my parents for that physical deficiency

-Josh

[Adam]

Originally Posted by jdmara

As a 5'6" giant, undersized was an understatement. Going into the lane was a foreign concept in HS. I guess that's why I played most of my minutes on the bench because I just wasn't tall enough. Most of my minutes were played faceguarding an opponent because the "better player" was earning too many fouls. I blame my parents for that physical deficiency

-Josh

We called that "fronting" our opponent rather than "face guarding." Is that what you're talking about?

[jdmara]

Originally Posted by mick

Well, yeah !?!!
It ain't a foul for lookin' at an opponent.
Even Josh wouldn't get called for that.

I wouldn't be obstructing his view with my hands straight up, I"m not tall enough.

Originally Posted by RavishingRev

Okay, so now I am back to my original thought that it was not a violation, but now I must defend my thought by saying that it was not a violation because the defender was not specifically waving his hands right in the face of the offensive player. The more i think about it, the more I believe that to be the case. Agreed???? or no???

Was he waving his hands in front of the opponent's face? I guess I'm still unclear about that

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

We called that "fronting" our opponent rather than "face guarding." Is that what you're talking about?

Perhaps I am incorrect calling that faceguarding. It's been noted

-Josh