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Are every player entitled to a vertical position on the court?
Or does a defensive player must be in a vertical position?
I want to know why an offensive post player holding the ball is allowed to straighten his body and in the process create space by pushing the defensive player with his back? |
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I have no idea, you probably need to talk to the parties involved. None of us can answer a particular play honestly that we did not see. As this might be your interpretation of the events and not the interpretation of those calling the game. Peace |
If an offensive player gets vertical and in the process moves a defender who is hovering over his vertical space, the defender is responsible for the contact. Same reason a defender can't stick his knee out or bend his body sideways.
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Peace |
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Here is a rule from FIBA: Post play The principle of verticality (cylinder principle) applies also to post play. The offensive player in the post position and the defensive player guarding him must respect each other's rights to a vertical position (cylinder). |
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And in your situation the defender would be responsible for any contact if it took place and the contact took place with the arms, body or head. But without seeing the play, I cannot tell you why anything was called or not and you seemed to have already come to a conclusion. That is why video tape would be helpful as these plays you described I have seen were not illegal based on the actions that took place. If the defender is hovering over an offensive player, the contact could be legal or incidental. Peace |
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A defender is not allowed to be in an offensive player's vertical airspace. If there's contact that's more than incidental, even if initiated by the offensive player, the foul is on defensive player (assuming the offensive player doesn't do anything illegal).
A situation where you could see this play out is with a smaller player posting a bigger player, with the bigger player bring his arms down and the offensive player jumping straight up. |
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Rut: I am not sure I understand what MWC is trying to ask, but the FIBA rule regarding Principle of Verticality is the same as NFHS and NCAA. I like the FIBA's Cylinder of Verticality (CV) because it gives it a three-dimensional description to the Principle of Verticality (PV). I find that many time officials think of only of the player's PV as a two-dimensional plane that corresponds to the front of his body as he stands straight up. But CV reminds us that a player is acutally a three-dimensional body and that when a player is bending over he still has vertically rights to the side of him and behind him. MTD, Sr. |
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Peace |
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But you already knew a defender had to be vertical and that the offensive player is entitled to his own vertical cylinder. What's really driving this question? What happened in the Heat game? :D |
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Wade fouled out, Kobe was Kobe and the Heat played sloppy. |
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