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Old Wed Mar 03, 2021, 10:03am
Nevadaref Nevadaref is offline
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Originally Posted by BillyMac View Post
What type of foul is this?

The first was a Red #15 using her left elbow to strike White #32 in the chest. The second was Red #15 hooking and throwing White #32 to the ground.

Thoughts?
My choices would be an intentional personal foul for both situations, but I can see the merit in deeming the deliberate strike with the elbow as a flagrant personal foul. Perhaps I am not grasping the danger level of the hook and throw fully enough, but it doesn’t seem to rise to my threshold of flagrant. It is clear that both fouls are at a level which is more than a common foul.

This is an excellent video which will give me the opportunity for reflection upon the level of violence in these actions and the potential for injury to the opponent. I may not be penalizing these actions severely enough. If I am one level below where I should be in order to protect the safety of the players, I would welcome having my eyes opened to that.

Billy, thanks for posting and sharing these!
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