[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Under both NFHS and NCAA rules, excessively swinging the elbows without making contact is a violation, plus under NFHS rules it simultaneously a technical foul against the player who committed the violation. Under NCAA rules the offended team gets possession of the ball for a throw-in nearest the spot of the violation. Under NFHS rules, any player or incomming subsitute on the offended team can shoot the free throws and the offended team then gets possession of the ball for a throw-in at the division line opposite the Score Table.

Under both NFHS and NCAA rules, if contact is made it is not a violation but a personal foul, at this point the official must make a decision, was the foul a common foul (player control foul) or an intentional foul or a flagrant foul. If the official decides that the foul is intentional or flagrant, the player who was fouled shoots the free throws and his team receives possession of the ball for a throw-in nearest the spot of the foul.

It is important to remember that contact fouls when the ball is live are personal fouls not technical fouls.