One foot OOB...

[Dan_ref]

OK, try again...

In Mick's post he pointed us to the nfhs changes, where we can find this:


4-23 Clarified that in order for a player to establish legal guarding position, both feet must be touching the “playing court.”


I responded:



Puts an end to the age-old question "can a defensive player stand with 1 foot OOB", doesn't it?


But of course it does no such thing. All the clarification does is tell us where the defender must be to *establish* legal guarding position. We all know that once LGP has been established the defender can move, and nowhere does it say he cannot move OOB with one foot (ignoring the T, which we should). Now, let's say the defender establishes (or thinks he establishes) LGP when having 1 foot OOB and then moves to take a charge without re-establishing LGP (say one foot in bounds, the other not on the floor). Ya gotta go with the block? Maybe it's just me but I don't see how the clarification helps.