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Old Wed Mar 10, 2021, 01:54pm
BillyMac BillyMac is offline
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Subjective Judgement Call ...

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Originally Posted by JRutledge View Post
He stuck his arm out, but sticking your arm out does not mean you hooked or used it in any way.
I see your point.

If a ball handler simply sticks his arm out without making any contact, that's nothing.

However if the ball handler sticks his arm out, and makes contact, then it becomes a subjective judgement call and one has to consider advantage and disadvantage (I actually viewed this as incidental contact, as did 34% of my IAABO colleagues).

If the extended arm prevents the defender from going somewhere he wants to go, it's a player control foul.

What made this play so difficult was that the defender was so passive.

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Originally Posted by bob jenkins View Post
... B certainly isn't being aggressive on defense.
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Originally Posted by BillyMac View Post
Agree on the relatively passive defense. Black #11 is playing like he's got four fouls.
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