BLOCK/CHARGE
Question: Why do you think that many consider the block/charge call a challenge?
(group discussion)
Main Maladies:
1. Some officials don’t know the block/charge rules and definitions
2. Some officials become focused outside their PCA’s and get surprised by an otherwise foreseeable block/charge situation (ball-watching)
3. Some officials are caught in the wrong position and have to guess at a block/charge call or settle for a “no call” because they had no clue
4. Some officials are ill-confident and inaccurate due to lack of experience
Question: Why do you think the game went to Three-Person crews?
(group discussion)
Consequences: A crash occurs and bodies wind up on the floor and the official, for whatever reason, passes on it--a “no call” results, with the impression given that whatever contact occurred was merely incidental. Or the official’s mind defaults to the “block” call. Teams who are coached well to “take the charge” are not rewarded for their effective defense. A block is called when a charge occurs; a charge is called when block occurs. A player who puts him/herself in an out-of-control status gets rewarded by being “bailed out” with a block call. Crew inconsistency is evident because part of the crew makes accurate block/charge calls but not the other(s), giving the impression that “what’s called on one end isn’t being called on the other end”.
Solutions:
1. Rules/definitions review (aim: knowledge of terminology and principles)
2. PCA refresher (aim: awareness of off-ball situations)
3. Positioning study (aim: to focus on the defender to accurately identify whether the s/he had LGP prior to contact)
4. Video examples
Rules/Definitions Review
10-6-1,7,9
4-7-1,2,2a
4-23-2,3,5
4-45-1,2,3,4,5
PCA Refresher: (AIM: only two eyes on the ball at any given time, which will help Block/Charge calls)
Diagram worksheet exercises
Correct 2-man PCA’s
Correct 3-man PCA’s
Tell-tale signs…: 2-man ball-watching and fuzzy 3/5 examples
Tell-tale signs…: 3-man ball-watching and fuzzy 3/5 examples
Positioning Study
Diagram worksheet exercises
2-man L illustration
Who has a better look at a shooting foul?
Who has a better look at a block/charge call?
Takes a closed-down T!
3-man L “reach across” illustration
Who has a better look at a shooting foul? (L can’t detect “verticality”…)
Who has a better look at a block/charge? (L has seen ILGP…
Better: rotate to strong side before the contact occurs
Or: takes a closed-down C!
New lead in transition illustration
“Pass and Crash” illustration
Video Examples
FIBA clips: http://vimeo.com/395706
GHSA clips: http://www.ghsa.net/ghsa-basketball-official-training-video-2010-2011
Misc. Items for Improvement
Trail: stay at trail after OOB throw-in on end line
All: avoid the “accusatory point” when reporting fouls
Trail: positioning when administering a sideline OOB throw-in
All: positioning and mechanics on FT’s
Lead: where are your eyes when a shot goes up?
All: starting the time-out clock mechanic
All: “bring in the subs” mechanic
BLOCK/CHARGE RESOURCES: FIBA clips: http://vimeo.com/395706 GHSA clips: http://www.ghsa.net/ghsa-basketball-official-training-video-2010-2011
FOULS – CONTACT
10-6-1 A player shall not hold, push, charge, trip or impede the progress of an opponent by extending arm(s), shoulder(s), hip(s), or knee(s), or by bending his/her body into other than a normal position.
10-6-7 A dribbler shall (not) charge into nor contact an opponent in his/her path . . .
10-6-9 When a dribbler in his/her progress is moving in a straight-line path, he/she may not be crowded out of that path, but if an opponent is able to legally obtain a defensive position in that path, the dribbler must avoid contact by changing direction or ending his/her dribble.
BLOCKING
4-7-1 Blocking is illegal personal contact which impedes the proGress of an opponent with or without the ball.
CHARGING
4-7-2 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.
LEGAL GUARDING POSITION
4-23-2 To obtain an initial legal guarding position:
(a) The guard must have both feet touching the playing court.
(b) The front of the guard’s torso must be facing the opponent.
4-23-3 After the initial legal guarding position is obtained:
(a) The guard may have one or both feet on the playing court or be airborne, provided he/she has
inbound status.
(b) The guard is not required to continue facing the opponent.
(c) The guard may move laterally or obliquely to maintain position, provided it is not toward the
opponent when contact occurs.
(d) The guard may raise hands or jump within his/her own vertical plane.
(e) The guard may turn or duck to absorb the shock of imminent contact.
4-23-5 Guarding a moving opponent without the ball:
(d) If the opponent is airborne, the guard must have obtained legal position before the opponent left the floor.
VERTICALITY
4-45 Verticality applies to a legal position. Following are the basic components of the principle of verticality:
-1 Legal guarding position must be obtained initially and movement thereafter must be legal.
-2 From this position, the defender may rise or jump vertically and occupy the space within his/her vertical plane.
-3 The hands and arms of the defender may be raised within his/her vertical plane while on the floor or in the air.
-4 The defender should not be penalized for leaving the floor vertically or having his/her hands and arms extended within his/her vertical plane.
-5 The offensive player whether on the floor or airborne, by not “clear out” or cause contact within the defender’s vertical plane which is a foul