What rule would a player violate for rerouting of an opponent?
 

For instance, on a fast break, an offensive or defensive player reroutes an opponent by using their body and pushing the opponent out of their intended path.

What rule set? And is there more to the question?

If "rerouting" requires pushing, it's a mere pushing foul, team control foul if the offense does it.

You have to more clearly define what you mean by:

There's not enough context to answer that question in your OP.

+1 that's what I'm picturing.

The problem with your question is the words "tries" and "re-route".

Tries means they weren't successful. ;)

Re-routing could be done without actual contact. So we need specific, descriptive examples to work with here.

A player using their body (perhaps using shoulder or chest) to move/push an opponent out of their intended path.

A player using their body (perhaps using shoulder or chest) to move/push an opponent out of their intended path.

I feel like this is a trick question or should I say a loaded question... your title asks:

What rule would a player violate for rerouting of an opponent?

Freedom of movement, perhaps?

A player using their body (perhaps using shoulder or chest) to move/push an opponent out of their intended path.

NFHS:

10-6

ART. 1 . . . A player shall not hold, push, charge, trip or impede the progress of an opponent by extending arm(s), shoulder(s), hip(s) or knee(s), or by bending his/her body into other than a normal position; nor use any rough tactics.

ART. 3 . . . A player shall not use his/her hands on an opponent in any way that inhibits the freedom of movement of the opponent or acts as an aid to a player in starting or stopping.

ART. 9 . . . When a dribbler in his/her progress is moving in a straight-line path, he/she may not be crowded out of that path, but if an opponent is able to legally obtain a defensive position in that path, the dribbler must avoid contact by changing direction or ending his/her dribble

Not sure if that's what you were looking for.

I understand that rule. But that rule doesn't cover a payer without the ball.

...chicken or the egg?
 

This does seem like a loaded question. :eek: HTBT for sure. :confused:

You have to be sure that it is the defender who is making the contact and running into the offensive player or is the offensive player actually trying to cut into the defender.

I can picture a defender making a bee line from hoop to hoop to get down the floor as fast as possible, and an offensive player is in the outside "lane" begining to angle towards the hoop and contacts the defender trying to get to "his intended path", which happens to go through the defender. OOPS :D

Well how about 4-23-1?

But 10-6 articles 1 and 3 do cover players without the ball.