What is the term for calling interference when a teammate blocks your guard, allowing your mark to escape?

What is the term for calling interference when a teammate blocks your guard, allowing your mark to escape?

• A. Pick
• B. Block
• C. Foul
• D. Interference

Answer: (A)

In Ultimate, a pick is an offensive foul where a teammate positions themselves in the path of a defender guarding a teammate, creating a screen that slows or blocks the defender. When your teammate blocks your guard, it frees you (your mark can escape) and that specific action is called a pick. This term is used to describe the illegal or legal screen set by the offense to gain open space for a throw or cut. The other options don’t fit as precisely: a block is too generic, a foul refers to contact or other violations, and interference is a broader term usually related to contact affecting a throw or catch rather than the screen itself.

In Ultimate, a pick is an offensive foul where a teammate positions themselves in the path of a defender guarding a teammate, creating a screen that slows or blocks the defender. When your teammate blocks your guard, it frees you (your mark can escape) and that specific action is called a pick. This term is used to describe the illegal or legal screen set by the offense to gain open space for a throw or cut. The other options don’t fit as precisely: a block is too generic, a foul refers to contact or other violations, and interference is a broader term usually related to contact affecting a throw or catch rather than the screen itself.