Thread: Elbow Swing
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Old Tue Oct 29, 2013, 08:18am
Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. is offline
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Here is the play that bothers me:

6'-10" (A1) center gets a defensive rebound and while holding the ball up in front of his face like all good centers have been taught, pivots to throw an outlet pass to A2 breaking upcourt. B1, a 6'-00" forward is standing behind A1 in a legal guarding position. As A1 pivots to make his pass to A2 his elbow makes contact with B1's face. Yes, A1's contact with B1 is illegal contact by A1, but it is in no way an IPF just because B1 is almost a foot shorter that A1.

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