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Originally Posted by Refk
Watching my son's Varsity game last night .... Our player has the ball just above the key and the defensive player is attempting to tie up the ball. Our player pivots and swings his arms/elbows through unbelivably fast, but does not create contact. The official called a technical foul on him .
My question(s) are:
1. I believe the correct call would be a violation due to excessive swinging of the elbows (if the official believed that occurred) from my vantage point it wasn't b/c he swung through as he was pivoting. Am I correct ?
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If he thought the player was excessively swinging his elbows (without contact), then it would be a violation rather than a T
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2) What is the call if he had made contact with the defensive player ?
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Player control foul, intentional foul, or flagrant foul though realistically, you'd probably gonna have at the least an intentional foul for excessive contact.
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3) My real concern was for the defensive player, if he had been hit with this motion it really would have caused injury , is there anything we as officials can do ?
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If it's an isolated instance, then no...if you call it the first time it happens, it hopefully curtails the chances of it happening again.