Expert Village Video: Charging

[Nevadaref]

1. This guy is fool. I hope that he officiates nothing but rec league. I agree that he is incorrect about the requirements for block/charge and most likely WAY overpenalizes defensive players.

2. They run three plays.
a. PC

b. PC or nothing; The offensive player initiates the contact and the defender had a legal position. He may move to maintain it.

c. block; The defender is moving towards the dribbler and causes the contact with his thighs and legs.

3. The PC signal (hand behind the head) is all that need be given for any foul by the player in control of the ball. The punch or point in the other direction is not precisely correct. There is a point AFTER the PC signal to indicate the direction of play, but strictly speaking it is not to be given simultaneously with the PC signal.

4. The charging/push signal is used in the pass and crash scenario or when a player runs over another player and the ball is not involved. This can be a team control foul (pass and crash), which would warrant the use of the punch signal or it could even be committed by the defense (running over a screener).