Thread: Swinging Elbows
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Old Mon Nov 22, 2010, 04:24pm
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Originally Posted by AHSAA_Ref View Post
My President says if the elbows do not move faster than the torso, it is not a violation or foul.
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Originally Posted by BadNewsRef View Post
It's never a foul?

If A1 has the ball face level with his elbows out and pivots his entire body and his elbow contacts B1, who has established and maintained a legal guarding position, it's not a foul? Nevvver? (in my Bill Maher squeaky voice).
The part in red is why you're . AHSAA_Ref never mentioned contact. If a player's elbows are not moving faster than the torso, it's not excessive (by definition). Therefore, no violation or foul.

And even if there is contact, NFHS does not mandate that it must be a foul. At the high school level, officials are still allowed to exercise judgment about whether it was incidental or not.
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