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Am I misinterpreting this rule or misunderstanding the OP?
Faceguarding is not an illegal. Faceguarding an opponent is having your back turned to the ball and you face your opponent in an attempt to deny him/her the ball. The illegal part of this rule is to "purposely obstructing an opponent’s vision by waving or placing hand(s) near his/her eyes." I believe we have two distinct actions in the case play (10.3.6 SITUATION A) and they might be misinterpretted as one action. Faceguarding does not mean having your hands in the opponent's face (or at least that's not the way I've been taught as a youth and seen it been taught by many collegiate coaches).
"10.3.6 SITUATION A: Does holding or moving a hand or hands in front of the
face of a player who has the ball, by an opponent who is in a legal guarding position, constitute unsporting tactics? RULING: Yes. The described action is illegal. It is unsporting for a guard to take a position behind a post player, or to take a position facing an opponent, or to take a position with his/her back to the ball and facing the opponent and then in either case, wave or hold the hands in front of the opponent’s eyes so that the opponent cannot see. Holding or waving hands near the eye for the ostensible purpose of obstructing an opponent’s vision is unsporting. (10-3-6c)"
Just my thoughts
-Josh
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