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Originally Posted by Matt S.
"By rule, that type of contact is an intentional foul."
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If I'm near a huddle in such situations I've occasionally told players coming out a timeout to "Go for the ball". Sometimes I'll even remind an assistant coach of this before the timeout ends.
On the other hand, if an offensive player is getting frustrated after getting poked at, I will occasionally tell him, "Hey, you've played this game a long time, you know you're going to get fouled, make your free throws and it will be over soon".
Stuff like this may keep things from escalating.