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Message: [QUOTE="The CDR-Ret, post: 5246425, member: 10751"] Also, keep your head on a swivel as their elbows will start to flail when you put your forearms into their lower back (after third or fourth collision to push themselves back into their favorite spot) as they start to run and pivot to push you back with their gluteus Maximus ==> let them make the contact with your forearms/elbows in their lower back (instead of their gluts against you). Be ready to draw the charge, or "pull out the chair" and let them drop to the floor (AE was outstanding on both) but don't let them catch you in the nose with either elbow. Bring your face forward to catch their triceps (soft muscle, not sharp bones) when the arm swing is still slow, and it helps with the offensive foul call as it will show up as accelerating your head backward without damage to your head or brain. Just be ready to drive your chin into your chest (on the way to the court) so your head doesn't bounce off of the court (negative acceleration damage). Being an old wrestler, I've had plenty of "falling practice" but I always had a (not-so) soft mat to bounce off of in matches. Sometimes, in basketball it is advantageous to NOT be an immoveable object to catch the offensive foul call. Equally important is to NOT get damaged, so that one can continue in the game AND the next. Two more to go!!! I have full confidence in this edition of UConn Huskies! Go Huskies!!! [/QUOTE]