You been talking to @Hearsky ‘s mom? Look it might be short but at least it’s skinny.
Depends on how vertical they are. If they are standing straight up, it's not that hard to push the center of gravity past the feet. It's harder if they lean forward a little.
The charge is a non-basketball play... you run in and stand in front of someone and go stiff for a second. It literally never happens on a pickup court and there is tons of contact. The Jazz rarely take charges and there is plenty of contact. It is just a weird thing to reward.
The charge is important in a league that almost punishes you for playing defense. It allows you to take away a spot from an offensive player if you get there first and rewards intelligence and footwork.
You call a charge in our pickup games and you ain't coming back next week and you gonna get laughed off the court. Guys just play regular defense... ain't about putting your body on the line.
I remember them in the pick-up games I played. If you can get in someone's way, you do it. There are just no refs to call it.
No one the defender called it. Read more carefully.
If you are taking a charge that means you are calling it as a charge... He said if the guy tries to "call his own" which to me means change it into a foul on you. If the charger is self reporting his charge the defender will not argue. If that isn't what is happening then my reading comprehension is bad or it isn't clear.
Framer said, "headband guy driving on you is going to call you for a foul anyway", which to me was clear that the offensive player is calling the foul on the defender.
So guys are taking the hit and falling down and everyone plays on? I still play a ton of pickup ball and everyone of the groups would laugh their *** off if someone tried to take a charge.
