Screens

[Freddy]

Originally Posted by The_Rookie

without contact...fists in back is contact

Excellent!

And, if you don't get him/her with a foul for that illegal contact, what else could you call as a violation?

[Adam]

Seems to me the fists are irrelevant here. I see a lot of girls protect their chests with the fists when setting screens. And when a close screen is set, contact will often be made.

The only real issue is whether the push displaced the opponent.

[Freddy]

Originally Posted by Adam

The only real issue is whether the push displaced the opponent.

Or if the requirements of 4-40-4 were met, right?

[Stat-Man]

Originally Posted by Adam

Seems to me the fists are irrelevant here. I see a lot of girls protect their chests with the fists when setting screens. And when a close screen is set, contact will often be made.

The only real issue is whether the push displaced the opponent.

I"m not seeing it in the NFHS book (maybe it is in NCAA?) that a screener can protect one's self, provided the action is a recoil action and not a pushing action.

Or maybe that's a dreaded rule myth.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Freddy

Or if the requirements of 4-40-4 were met, right?

I'm not with my book right now. Refresh me. Please.

Originally Posted by Stat-Man

I"m not seeing it in the NFHS book (maybe it is in NCAA?) that a screener can protect one's self, provided the action is a recoil action and not a pushing action.

Or maybe that's a dreaded rule myth.

What rule is being broken (assuming the player is not pushing or failing to give any applicable required time and distance)?

[Freddy]

Originally Posted by Adam

I'm not with my book right now. Refresh me. Please

4-40-4: When screening a stationary opponent from behind (outside the visual field), the screener must allow the opponent one normal step backward without contact.