Just a question....

[Back In The Saddle]

Generally speaking, the defender is responsible for contact from behind on the ball handler. If I understand your scenario, if I had a foul it would be on B1. However, in my mind contact from behind isn't going to be a block, unless it's a trip.

[Juulie Downs]

Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle

Generally speaking, the defender is responsible for contact from behind on the ball handler. If I understand your scenario, if I had a foul it would be on B1. However, in my mind contact from behind isn't going to be a block, unless it's a trip.

Contact wasn't exactly from behind, since A1 was moving at an angle. Contact was more on the side of A1, and was really truly not B1's fault. I know that fault isn't always determinate.

I didn't argue with partner, because I wasn't sure he was wrong. Contact was severe enough that A1 lost the ball, although she didn't fall clear over. As I watched the play, I was trying to think about what to call -- not really PC, but not really a block. Defender is entitled to her spot on the floor, but she didn't really have a spot. Is she entitled to her "path"? If A1 had been trying to get into guarding position, or to set a screen, it would have been offensive, but she wasn't. I'm just not sure what line of thinking applies here.

[refiator]

Block sounds correct in this case. There is no signal for "tripping"....So a block or push sounds appropriate.