Sit-up guard engagement

Sit-up guard engagement is a descriptive name for seated guard engagement — “sit-up guard” being a common synonym for the seated guard.

Etymology. “Sit-up guard” names the position by the bottom player’s sitting-up posture; “engagement” names the passer’s contact. The two names are interchangeable, differing only in whether the position is called “seated” or “sit-up.”

Mechanics. The engagement rotates the seated player off their base, breaking the upright posture around a fixed point of contact; once their structure is turned and unsupported, the seated frames lose their leverage and the passer can begin to clear the legs.

Cross-reference. “Seated guard pass entry,” “Hand-fight pass,” and “Flattening the seated player” are sibling aliases. Full mechanical coverage on Seated Guard Engagement.