Question: To draw a charge on an offensive player can you explain the position the defender must be in? Do the feet have to be on the floor? Can the player be moving laterally, vertically, or backwards?
Answer: The following principles apply:
The defender must establish an initial guarding position by facing the player with the ball and have both feet on the floor.
The defender may remain stationary, jump vertically, move laterally or backwards in order to maintain the legal guarding position.
When moving to maintain the legal guarding position, one or both feet may be off the floor, as long as the movement is lateral or backwards not towards the player with the ball.
Contact must be on the defender’s torso, in which case the defender would be considered as having been at the spot of contact first.
After establishing a legal guarding position, the defender may turn within her space to cushion any blow or to avoid injury.
Note: in simple terms, no time or distance is required … who got to the spot first prior to contact.
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