Legal guarding position?

Adam · #1 (**permalink**) Wed Apr 17, 2013, 08:48pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by AremRed

Would you say that when a defender is in LGP, he/she never initiates contact?

No.

#2 (**permalink**) Wed Apr 17, 2013, 09:49pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adam

No.

I asked the question really badly. I'm thinking that when a player has LGP, there is very little he can do to foul someone without losing LGP. This is why "refereeing the defense" is so important, right?

Adam · #3 (**permalink**) Thu Apr 18, 2013, 12:08am

Quote:

Originally Posted by AremRed

I asked the question really badly. I'm thinking that when a player has LGP, there is very little he can do to foul someone without losing LGP. This is why "refereeing the defense" is so important, right?

A player may make movements that don't cost him LGP but are not protected by LGP.

Camron Rust · #4 (**permalink**) Thu Apr 18, 2013, 01:50am

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Originally Posted by Adam

A player may make movements that don't cost him LGP but are not protected by LGP.

Like what?

Given that LGP is only relevant to block/charge, I believe that any movement that makes it a block is so because it made them lose LGP.

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