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Message: [QUOTE="southofnorth, post: 2963604, member: 9132"] And I’m having trouble understanding what space is guaranteed. It seems like wherever the players’ feet are is “their” space. Yet air space above that is anyone’s game? Why can a player body someone and it’s okay, but moving their arms to create a shot (a basketball move as opposed to the physical bodying of another player) not acceptable? When a defensive player has an arm at an angle and an offensive player chooses to make contact even if the defensive player’s arm is not in the offensive player’s space, the defensive player would still get called for a foul. It seems to me it’s because making a basketball play is considered above what the intent of the contact was (whether a player meant to make contact or it happened because the opposing player forced it). Rewatching a lot of games when Griner was in college, players would just barrel into her (Tiffany Hayes did this in the 2010 semifinal on the first play I think) and even though Griner was just standing there, she’d get called for the foul when she made no attempt to initiate contact. I’m honestly confused with a lot of the rules lately in WBB (protect the offensive player, freedom of movement, etc.) because they seem to be contradictory in more ambiguous cases. If I misinterpret them then that’s on me, but boy could I use a good instructional video on how things are supposed to work then. [/QUOTE]