[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Here in my little corner of Connecticut, we've been taught to vocalize, "hard foul", when we give the intentional foul, excessive contact signal, a signal that I realize is not an approved NFHS, or IAABO, signal, but it has been approved for use in high school games in my local area, if not all of Connecticut.

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

I am 99% sure they mean a common foul. I've only seen you use the term that way.

Originally Posted by VaTerp

I have worked in three different states in two different parts of the country, coached in these areas as well, and know many coaches from all parts of the country due to my previous involvement with AAU. 99% of the officials and coaches I know think common foul when the use/hear the term hard foul. If they meant intentional, flagrant, or anything else they would use those terms specifically. Its kinda hard to describe in words but again, 99% of the officials and coaches I've dealt with know exactly what it means.

Thanks guys. Maybe officials here in "Rome" associate "hard foul" with intentional foul because we may be one of the few high school associations that use the unapproved (NFHS, IAABO) intentional foul, excessive contact signal. I guess that we're just a bunch of rebels. That'll teach not to use unapproved signals.