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Originally Posted by Mr. Plow
The term "Over the back" isn't a new or made up term in basketball. It's been around awhile.
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It's been around for a while because lots of peewee leagues have it as an actual rule. It's the basketball equivalent of putting red Xs on the helmets of kids who are too big to carry the football. The rule is designed to make sure that the tallest kid in second grade can't completely dominate the smaller kids on the court. It simply doesn't exist in the NBA...or college...or high school...or middle school.
That's why it's so dumb to cling to his comment. The rule exists...just not how many casual (to use a nice term) basketball fans think it exists. It is not simply the same thing as calling a push in the back.
Here's a handy guide...
There is no such thing as "face guarding" in the NFL.
Simply pushing someone in the back in football is not "clipping".
Neither is simply blocking below the waist.
Faking a throw to third base before wheeling around to check the runner on first base is not a balk in baseball.
Shuffling your feet before inbounding the ball from the sideline is not a travel. (You can move your feet all you want as long as you don't deviate from the general area.)
"Over the back" doesn't exist beyond peewee basketball.
Many of you just learned something, but none of you will admit it.