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If there's no contact, there's no foul. If there's lots of contact, it's a foul. It's the little contact plays that take A/D. I'm still working on this myself, but I do know that you don't pass on the hard ones unless it's really obvious that you're taking away a clear path to the basket. You also don't call anything regardless of the intention (except a fight) if there's no contact. It's the half-way things that require judgment. The dribbler is moving sideways, east to west, looking for an inlet pass. Defender stays within a foot and between the dribbler and the basket. Dribbler suddenly speeds up and tries to drive around. Defender reaches to maintain position, dribbler trips on defenders foot, but doesn't fall, or lose the ball. If she fell, or lost the ball, you'd call it. There's no judgment needed. Once she hits the deck, even if a teammate scoops up the ball and makes an easy lay-in, the ball is already dead. But in the case of the little stumble, only the ref there at that time can tell you whether to call that or not. You can't wait too long like you could in soccer, but a little delay is okay. See the whole play, and judge the advantage or disadvantage.
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