Block or Charge?

[mick]

Originally posted by Int
...the point where you determine that a player starts their try for goal has nothing to do with a defender establishing legal guarding position. If there is a rule or case that does this, please let me know.

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I am trying to understand if there is a relationship between "Habitual motion" and "No time or distance" required.

There are no cases that relate these two rules.
Is the opponent with the ball (4-23) also a shooter? Probably is, eventhough all the cases I find show the opponent with the ball as a dribbler.

I should change my thoughts to be in line with the rest of you guys and not require time, or distance, until the shooter is airborne, and I should just forget the habitual motion thingy with regard to legal guarding postion so that I get on the same page with the rest of the world.

Now ,all I have to worry about is whether the defender had both feet on the floor initially and was facing the opponent.

I can do that.