magjayran
01-26-2012, 03:47 PM
At least seventy-nine times a year, every basketball fan sees a bang bang play in the paint and feels that the ref slighted their team. I thought it might be interesting to talk about the rule and how it's interpreted. I got his from the Basketball Rules website. http://basketball.lifetips.com/cat/447/basketball-rules/index.html
Blocking/ Charging Foul
This is THE most difficult call to make in basketball. A lot is left up for interpretation, and referees blow this call more than any other. Blocking, by definition, is personal contact which impedes the progress of an offensive player. This call is made when a defender bumps into, or impedes an offensive player's progress with their body. Charging is personal contact called against the offense, with or without the ball, usually because the offensive player pushes, or runs through a defender. When judging a block/charge, officials are supposed to use the following principles: 1) Does the defender establish an initial legal guarding position? 2) Does the defender remain stationary or does he move laterally or backwards in order to maintain the guarding position? 3) In moving to maintain the guarding position, are one or both feet on the floor while doing so? 4) Is the defensive player on the spot first? Bascially, everyone has a right to their position on the court, whether it's the offense or the defense. If either one violates that space, then a block/charge will be called.
Up until a few years ago I thought that the defender had to be completely stationary with two feet planted firmly on the floor in order to draw a charge but that's not really the rule is it? The way I interpret the rule is that the player doesn't need to be completely still if it's obvious that he/she has been guarding that spot before the offensive player gets their. This would validate the somewhat controversial charge that Tyler drew last night. He was clearly in the lane before the offensive player got there and had been guarding that area before he got to the three point line. Tyler's feet weren't completely set but at least one was and he was standing in a place that he had established position. I also don't believe that his body was leaning either. So in my opinion, good call.
Now I'm a 33 year old fan that's been in love with the Devils since I was old enough to count so I've seen a lot charge/block calls. I really started paying attention to these calls back in the Danny Ferry days. Still, I know some of you have decades of fandom on me. Is this how my fellow DBR posters would interpret the rule? Am I missing something? It's gotta be the hardest call to make in the game but I think the officials mostly do a good job with it. What do you think?
Blocking/ Charging Foul
This is THE most difficult call to make in basketball. A lot is left up for interpretation, and referees blow this call more than any other. Blocking, by definition, is personal contact which impedes the progress of an offensive player. This call is made when a defender bumps into, or impedes an offensive player's progress with their body. Charging is personal contact called against the offense, with or without the ball, usually because the offensive player pushes, or runs through a defender. When judging a block/charge, officials are supposed to use the following principles: 1) Does the defender establish an initial legal guarding position? 2) Does the defender remain stationary or does he move laterally or backwards in order to maintain the guarding position? 3) In moving to maintain the guarding position, are one or both feet on the floor while doing so? 4) Is the defensive player on the spot first? Bascially, everyone has a right to their position on the court, whether it's the offense or the defense. If either one violates that space, then a block/charge will be called.
Up until a few years ago I thought that the defender had to be completely stationary with two feet planted firmly on the floor in order to draw a charge but that's not really the rule is it? The way I interpret the rule is that the player doesn't need to be completely still if it's obvious that he/she has been guarding that spot before the offensive player gets their. This would validate the somewhat controversial charge that Tyler drew last night. He was clearly in the lane before the offensive player got there and had been guarding that area before he got to the three point line. Tyler's feet weren't completely set but at least one was and he was standing in a place that he had established position. I also don't believe that his body was leaning either. So in my opinion, good call.
Now I'm a 33 year old fan that's been in love with the Devils since I was old enough to count so I've seen a lot charge/block calls. I really started paying attention to these calls back in the Danny Ferry days. Still, I know some of you have decades of fandom on me. Is this how my fellow DBR posters would interpret the rule? Am I missing something? It's gotta be the hardest call to make in the game but I think the officials mostly do a good job with it. What do you think?