Chop Blocks

[Bob M.]

I assumed that the original question was for a FEDERATION state. Mike Sears' answer definitely was for FEDERATION. However, the FED restriction on chop blocks does require that the delayed low contact takes place against an opponent who is "...still in contact..." with another blocker. So, while the "one second" quote by the official is not supported specifically by Federation rules, he is in principle correct that if the contact is broken, the defender becomes fair game. I don't like it, but that's the way the Fed rule reads.

As you know (better than I), you could write a treatise on the NCAA chop block rule -- high/low, low/high, low/low, delayed/simultaneous, behind/in/beyond the neutral zone. Yikes!! And the NCAA restrictions extend to a defender who has just disengaged from another blocker. This particular restriction is preferable to the Federation rule.