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Beginning thoughts of adv/disadv
With all the mentoring I do, with a newer official that is trying to grasp the concept we're discussing, I sometimews start with:
contact on the shooter's arm, then the ball: foul;
contact on the ball and the arm, judgement;
contact on the ball, and then the arm, rarely a foul.
As stated by several of the previous comments, the intensity of the contact, and its result - displacement, knocking the shooter off balance, etc., will be the determining factors.
My main objective with such a discussion is to get newer officials to understand adv/disadv. Obviously, more seasoned/skilled players will play thru more contact than lesser skilled players.
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