2011-12 AND 2012-13 MEN'S AND WOMEN'S RULES - NAIA

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Appendix III / Officiating Guidelines
A foul shall be called when:
1. A defensive player is held or pushed off of his/her intended path around a
screen by use of the arms, legs or body.
2. A defensive player holds or pushes through the screen using the arms, legs
or body.
3. The screener extends the hips or buttocks to displace the defender who is
attempting to move around the screen.
4. The screener extends the legs beyond legal width and trips a defender who
is attempting to move around the screen.
5. The screener sets a “blind” screen (outside the visual field) on a stationary
defender that doesn’t allow the defender a normal step to move.
6. The screener sets a “blind” screen (outside the visual field) on a moving
defender and doesn’t allow ample time to stop or change directions;
usually one to two strides.
Section 3. (Women) Displacement
The following guidelines have been established to help coaches, players and
officials achieve a level of play that will allow freedom of movement for all
players on the court and make the game a free-flowing, exciting game to watch.
Officials must enforce these guidelines to ensure that freedom of movement is
permitted in the game.
Post Play
a. Definition. A post player is defined in Rule 4-54 as any offensive or defensive
player in the lane area with or without the ball with her back to the basket. The
lane area includes the three-second lane (See Rule 4-69) and approximately
three feet just outside the lane. An offensive post player becomes a ball
handler when, while in the lane area, she turns and faces the basket with the
ball or moves completely outside the lane area with the ball.
b. Legal activity. It is legal for a defensive player to place one or two body
parts (hands or arm-bars) on the offensive post player provided no holding,
displacing or illegal contact occurs. Legal contact occurs when offensive and
defensive players are touching and both are maintaining a legally established
position. However, when any legal contact occurs between post players to
maintain a position, an official’s awareness should be heightened and he/she
should be prepared to make a foul call when the contact becomes illegal.
c. Illegal contact. A foul shall be called when:
1. A legally established arm-bar is extended and displaces an opponent.
2. Displacement occurs from a locked and/or extended elbow.
3. A leg or knee is used in the rear of an opponent to hold or displace.
4. An offensive post player “backs-down” and displaces the defender once
that defender has established a legal guarding position.
5. The offensive post player holds, hooks or displaces the leg or body of the
defender.
6. An opponent is displaced from a legally established or obtained position.