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Basketball - You
Make the Call!
Rule Book
SECTION 7 BLOCKING, CHARGING
ART. 1 . . . Blocking is illegal personal contact which impedes the
progress of an opponent with or without the ball.
ART. 2 . . . Charging is illegal personal contact caused by pushing
or moving into an opponent's torso.
a. A player who is moving with the ball is required to stop or
change direction to avoid contact if a defensive player has obtained
a legal guarding position in his/her path.
b. If a guard has obtained a legal guarding position, the player
with the ball must get his/her head and shoulders past the torso of
the defensive player. If contact occurs on the torso of the
defensive player, the dribbler is responsible for the contact.
c. There must be reasonable space between two defensive players or a
defensive player and a boundary line to allow the dribbler to
continue in his/her path. If there is less than 3 feet of space, the
dribbler has the greater responsibility for the contact.
d. The player with the ball may not push the torso of the guard to
gain an advantage to pass, shoot or dribble.
CaseBook
A1 drives toward the lane and
goes up in the air for a jump shot. Before A1 becomes airborne, B1
obtains a legal position on the court that is directly in line with
A1's drive. (a) Before; or (b) after releasing the ball, A1
illegally contacts B1. In both cases, the ball goes through the
basket.
RULING: A1 has committed a
player-control foul in both (a) and (b). There is no goal in either
case. Player-control foul provisions in (b) continue until airborne
shooter A1 returns one foot to the floor. Team B is awarded the ball
for a throw-in at the out-of-bounds spot nearest the foul. (7-5-3a)
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