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Foul or incidental contact?
I have an example from my game a couple weeks ago. My guy goes to set a screen for the ballhandler, the ball handler gives a fake, but drives away from the screen. The defender goes for the fake, makes contact with my guy setting a screen. He gets called for an illegal screen. I agree that my guy was not completely set when contact was made, so if he used the screen, I would have agreed with the call. The way it went down, I thought it was incidental contact. Your thoughts?
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This is really a HTBT situation. I can see why a foul was called, but hard to say for sure without seeing the play.
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Since there's actually no foul that's called an illegal screen, your player was called for a blocking foul. It makes no difference whether the dribbler "used the screen" or not. If your player as moving and blocked the defender's path, that's a foul.
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Also, doesn't the defender's path have to be a path that affects the play? Otherwise, couldn't I simply tell my guys to run into moving offensive players and I'll get a foul call? Last edited by Coach Bill; Wed Jul 02, 2014 at 11:31pm. |
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Screens ...
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The blocking foul is called due to illegal contact (block) as described as illegal activity in the principles of screening.
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I'd prefer it termed it "blocking", which explains why that's the signal I most frequently use cuz it makes sense. Though this citation might not actually address the original post...
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No, you can't just run into an opponent and get a foul called. You stated that your player was setting a screen. Evidently, the official determined that the screen was not legally set. Don't get hung up on whether the dribbler used the screener not.
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C'mon BktBallRef you know if the defender gets faked out and goes the wrong way and runs into another offensive player who is about to set a screen it's probably incidental. |
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Tough to decide from a written description.
Screens do not have to be anywhere near the player with the ball. This could be an example of an illegal off-ball screen or it could be a defender illegally contacting a cutting offensive player. These are the difficult judgment decisions officials must make hundreds of times during games. I wish that I could offer the coach more feedback, but some plays just come down to what a particular person sees and thinks at a certain point in the game. |
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