Pick and Roll Rule

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by bainsey

No sir. The fact is, it's a FOUL, usually blocking or illegal contact. The coach doesn't need more than that.

An illegal screen is a foul. You have a problem with that.

Read the definition of pivot.

An illegal pivot can be traveling. Is this a problem for you?

[bainsey]

Originally Posted by just another ref

An illegal pivot can be traveling. Is this a problem for you?

Not at all. There's one key word that's in the definition of screen that's not in the definition of pivot. Check it out.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by bainsey

I said nothing about cutters or the like, Cam. Where'd you get that?

Forgive me, I attributed that statement to the wrong person. It was said, just not by you.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by bainsey

Crusade? LOL I'm simply testing a hypothesis. Still, I think "coach-speak" is a correct classification of "illegal screen," because it indeed fits in with "baseline," "on the floor," "time line," and numerous other phrases we're asked to avoid.

Some coach-speak is innocuous, such as "baseline," "timeline" (do you actually hear this one still?), "paint"/"key", or "over and back." Others, such as "on the floor," "reach," or "over the back," perpetuate myths that make our lives more difficult.

Is there something about the use of "illegal screen" which perpetuates a myth making your games more difficult?