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Originally Posted by KansasJoe
Appreciate the replies and the encouragement. Have 8 games this Saturday so should be interesting as some coaches are great while others think every time they're on offense a foul has been committed yet while they're on defense everything is clean.
As far as the responses I'm still a bit confused with conflicting answers. I understand if he gets hit in the torso because the dribbler didn't get his head and shoulder past him. Where the question is since they're shoulder to shoulder. Let's say A1 jumps sideways and a little forward into the defender while running it's not in the torso because it's the shoulder but doesn't the defender have a right to that spot? Would this be better to have a no call or is someone at fault?
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As you see the play unfolding you should primarily referee the the defense. If contact occurs you should be able to determine almost immediately if B1 did anything wrong. If not, process the contact initiated by A1 jumping into the side of B1. Was B1 displaced from his attempt to maintain his guarding position? Did A1 gain an obvious advantage such as now being able to put up an uncontested shot? Was A1 simply trying to influence the official into calling a blocking foul on B1? If the answer is no, the contact is likely incidental. No call.