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Originally posted by OverAndBack
Is it a foul if the ball comes loose? If there's a reach, they poke the ball free, no real contact (just intrusion into the personal space of the offensive player), it's not a foul, correct?
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That is for you to decide. The ball coming loose is not the determining factor in making a call. You have to be able to see if the player was bumped and if the player was bumped by another player violating their vertical space (4-44). You do not want to just call slight contact when one player is bigger and the other is significantly smaller and basic physics comes into play. Sometimes a player losing the ball is by their own lack of ability. This is where judgment comes in. It is really hard to explain here without seeing the play in detail. There are times when there is a lot of contact and there should not be a foul. There are other times where contact is slight and you should call a foul.
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