Charge, After Charge, After Charge

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by letemplay

JRut, I've tried to explain what I mean by toe tap as a quick thrust of the defenders foot while trying to get in front of the offensive players path. It seems as though he's only there long enough to tap his toe before contact occurs, yet the offensive player is whistled. That's the best I can do sorry. It just seems the offensive player is put in such a disadvantage here in the close cases/plays I'm seeing. I'm not meaning to totally disagree with everyone, certainly I keep seeing this play on hs and college level being called this way...something about how the game has changed I suppose.

If the defender has (and maintains) LGP, then he doesn't even need a "toe tap" to draw a charge -- one or both feet can be in the air.

And, if he doesn't have LGP, but the "toe tap" gives him both feet on the floor, facing the offensive player before the offensive player leaves the floor and before contact (even by a millisecond), then the defense has established LGP and the proper call is a charge.