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Originally Posted by Welpe
Hm...well thank you for the responses. This happened during one of my 7th grade girls games on Monday. I assessed a technical but not a flagrant. The slap seemed to be more of a "get off me" / frustrated reaction than anything else and a flagrant did not seem to fit the crime. I know that fighting does not require contact but it didn't seem right to call this act fighting. Guess I need to reconsider my thought process here.
Also no way the foul by B1 should have been upgraded, it wasn't even close to intentional nor was it excessive contact.
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The dividing line for me is how the slap is delivered and where it's aimed. If it's a pushing motion aimed below the shoulders, I'm thinking technical (because this usually feels like a defensive action to me). If it's swung or aimed above the shoulders, I'm thinking flagrant (because this feels offensive to me).
A "get off me" is usually going to be a straight technical if severe enough to be anything.