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Originally posted by rocky
... ---so when is a foul a foul?
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It's a foul when the contact interferes with normal offensive or defensive movements. (see 4-20 Fouls and 4-27 Incidental Contact)
Whether contact interfered with the normal movement is judgment. Sometimes, we need to see what happened after the contact to judge whether normal movement was restrained. On an "easy" lay-up, if the ball went in, we might say that normal movement was not hindered. But, if the shot is missed, we might give the benefit of the doubt to the offense.