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[footballref]

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[realmenwearred]

Legal cut blocks defined and give the reference in accordance with TSSAA.

[footballref]

Legal cut blocks defined and give the reference in accordance with TSSAA.

Not exactly sure what you are referring to as legal cut blocks. Blocks below the waist are illegal unless they take place in the free blocking zone. Also, some stuff that was legal in the FBZ may not be legal starting this season (2011). We are waiting to see the wording on this. Hope the following helps answer what you are wanting to know.

 

Below is rule 2-17 about the free blocking zone. I have also posted 9-3-2

Rule 2-17

 

ART. 1 . . . The free-blocking zone is a rectangular area extending laterally 4

yards either side of the spot of the snap and 3 yards behind each line of

scrimmage. A player is in the free-blocking zone when any part of his body is in

the zone at the snap.

ART. 2 . . . Blocking below the waist is permitted in the free-blocking zone

when the following conditions are met:

a. All players involved in the blocking are on the line of scrimmage and in the

zone at the snap.

b. The contact is in the zone.

ART. 3 . . . Clipping is permitted in the free-blocking zone when the following

conditions are met:

a. By offensive linemen who are on the line of scrimmage and in the zone at

the snap.

b. Against defensive players who are on the line of scrimmage and in the zone

at the snap.

c. The contact is in the zone.

ART. 4 . . . Blocking in the back is permitted in the free-blocking zone when the

following conditions are met:

a. By offensive linemen who are on the line of scrimmage and in the zone at

the snap.

b. Against defensive players who are in the zone at the snap.

c. The contact is in the zone.

ART. 5 . . . The free-blocking zone disintegrates and the exception for a player

to block below the waist and/or the exception for an offensive lineman to clip

and/or block in the back is not to continue after the ball has left the zone.

Rule 9-3-2

 

ART. 2 . . . A player shall not block an opponent below the waist except:

a. In the free-blocking zone when the contact meets the requirements of 2-17.

b. To tackle a runner or player pretending to be a runner.

[realmenwearred]

Not exactly sure what you are referring to as legal cut blocks. Blocks below the waist are illegal unless they take place in the free blocking zone. Also, some stuff that was legal in the FBZ may not be legal starting this season (2011). We are waiting to see the wording on this. Hope the following helps answer what you are wanting to know.

 

Below is rule 2-17 about the free blocking zone. I have also posted 9-3-2

Rule 2-17

 

ART. 1 . . . The free-blocking zone is a rectangular area extending laterally 4

yards either side of the spot of the snap and 3 yards behind each line of

scrimmage. A player is in the free-blocking zone when any part of his body is in

the zone at the snap.

ART. 2 . . . Blocking below the waist is permitted in the free-blocking zone

when the following conditions are met:

a. All players involved in the blocking are on the line of scrimmage and in the

zone at the snap.

b. The contact is in the zone.

ART. 3 . . . Clipping is permitted in the free-blocking zone when the following

conditions are met:

a. By offensive linemen who are on the line of scrimmage and in the zone at

the snap.

b. Against defensive players who are on the line of scrimmage and in the zone

at the snap.

c. The contact is in the zone.

ART. 4 . . . Blocking in the back is permitted in the free-blocking zone when the

following conditions are met:

a. By offensive linemen who are on the line of scrimmage and in the zone at

the snap.

b. Against defensive players who are in the zone at the snap.

c. The contact is in the zone.

ART. 5 . . . The free-blocking zone disintegrates and the exception for a player

to block below the waist and/or the exception for an offensive lineman to clip

and/or block in the back is not to continue after the ball has left the zone.

Rule 9-3-2

 

ART. 2 . . . A player shall not block an opponent below the waist except:

a. In the free-blocking zone when the contact meets the requirements of 2-17.

b. To tackle a runner or player pretending to be a runner.

 

Thanks for the info.

[TCstinger]

Thanks for the info.

[realmenwearred]

 

 

We can use this site for more than just hammering everyone!

Edited April 16, 2011 by realmenwearred

[TCstinger]

We can use this site for more than just hammering everyone!

Yeah...we'll just hammer the dumb ones!

[TCstinger]

I will do my best to get you a rule reference.

Does it reference mascot spearing? I'll hang up and listen.

[realmenwearred]

Does it reference mascot spearing? I'll hang up and listen.

 

 

Dang you Stinger!

 

I hear there is a new resturaunt up there called "The Creekbank"

 

If I ran in there on a Friday Night (during the season and a home game) with the chicken suit on, would I make it out alive?

 

Edited April 16, 2011 by realmenwearred

[realmenwearred]

Anyone?

 

Guess I was talking more about cuts vs. chops

 

Cut and Chop block defined by me is:

 

Cut block is when a player goes for a block low of a defender who is free (isn't occupied with an opposing player)

 

Chop block, which is illegal, is when a player goes for the knees of a defender who is currently being occupied/blocked by another player.

 

Cut blocks are legal because the defender has the ability to avoid the cut block, but in a chop block, the defender is very vulnerable since their knees are exposed because they are busy trying to get past or shed the block of the guy they are currently playing against. Chop blocks have a higher risk for injury.

 

The "questionalbe" blocks from last season were cuts not chops. (one was pretty low, but you are playing a dynamic collision sport)

 

EDUCATE ME!

 

 

 

[footballref]

Guess I was talking more about cuts vs. chops

 

Cut and Chop block defined by me is:

 

Cut block is when a player goes for a block low of a defender who is free (isn't occupied with an opposing player)

 

Chop block, which is illegal, is when a player goes for the knees of a defender who is currently being occupied/blocked by another player.

 

Cut blocks are legal because the defender has the ability to avoid the cut block, but in a chop block, the defender is very vulnerable since their knees are exposed because they are busy trying to get past or shed the block of the guy they are currently playing against. Chop blocks have a higher risk for injury.

 

The "questionalbe" blocks from last season were cuts not chops. (one was pretty low, but you are playing a dynamic collision sport)

 

EDUCATE ME!

Blocks below the waist are illegal in high school unless they fit in the current criteria of the free blocking zone. There is no other way to put it. Now, if the initial contact is above the waist and the blocker slides down the person he is blocking then it is legal. Other than this blocks below the waist should be called as fouls in high school as long they are are playing under NFHS rules and 48 of the 50 states play under NFHS rules