Out coaching the rules

[dumbref]

Originally Posted by Blue37

The way I envision dumbref's situation, the running back is doing the "skip-hop" as the first movement of his participation in the play, and is doing it prior to the snap. Perhaps I am not envisioning it correctly.

You have the correct picture. If the movement is not demonstrative and not toward the LOS, why would it be considered anything more than a man in motion? Judgment call? Absolutely!