Mastering Block/Charge Calls: Plant Foot and Crew Trust

Play #44 Santa Clara vs Arizona State Block / Charge Plant Foot and Crew Trust / Discipline The teaching point and emphasis on this clip is the plant foot of the offensive player on this block / charge play and the crew trust and discipline. As you can see from the clip and the many replays #10 Gold comes over as a secondary defender and establishes legal guarding position outside the restricted area. This is an offensive foul. Its important to note that the closer the plant foot is to the defender the higher the likelihood that the defender is legal. As you can see in this clip the plant foot comes down in between the defenders feet. The Lead official does an excellent job refereeing his primary locating the secondary defender, determining his legality and correctly calling an offensive foul. The Center official does an excellent job of trusting the system and not blowing the whistle outside his primary even though the play originated in his primary. He lets the Lead official referee his play.