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Originally posted by cdaref
If it were freshman girls, that gets a whistle. JV boys, maybe not. JV boys are just going to be a bit more physical. It is a physical game. And they are stronger. They can handle it. The younger girls, not the same.
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With this, though, you also have to determine who initiated the contact, if the contact affected the final result of the play, and what was the final result of the play.
In freshman girls or varsity boys, or JUCO or NCAA, this principle must always be applied. If I have A1 driving to the basket, and B1 is bumping or hand checking, if A1 is still proceeding to the basket in a somewhat straight line, I might not call that a foul if A1 scores the layup. If the contact from B1 is strong enough, I give the 'And 1'. I'm not going to penalize A1 and stop a layup by bailing out B1 with a cheap hand check at the free-throw line.
Ultimately, both teams just want to score. I try not to take away scoring opportunities in search of the 'cheap' foul.