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Originally Posted by Nevadaref
I believe that the NFHS doesn't want us to parse the actions. If the defender breaks the plane and contacts the ball in the thrower's hands, no matter how many times he swipes at it, then charge the T.
Take the defender's entire actions collectively and penalize the end result.
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Again, this case is merely to get around the delimma of the fact that, technically, the violation must always come before the T....that when the act that casues violation also causes the T, we go straight to the T, ignoring the violation. They are not asking us to combine multiple actions into one but to define that one motion that has two results....both breaks the plane and also contacts the ball...is to be considered as one act with the penalty based on contacting the ball. They are not asking us to wait to see if the defender ultimately hits the ball before the throwin is complete so we can tag them with a T.