How much contact is usually allowed in officiated game?

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by potato

how much illegal contact is usually allowed, .

None.

Assuming the referee sees what happens, if he doesn't blow the whistle then s/he judged the contact to be legal.

[SC Official]

Depends on if it's a girls or wreck league game and I'm trying to get out of there ASAP.

[VaTerp]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

None.

Assuming the referee sees what happens, if he doesn't blow the whistle then s/he judged the contact to be legal.

Simply put but worth repeating. Officials do/should not allow any "illegal" contact. If there is no whistle then the official deemed the contact legal/incidental. For NFHS see rule 4-27-2.

Specific to off ball play, I like to pre-game that illegal contact off ball are things we should try to get early and consistently. Rerouting, holding, and obstructing cutters. Displacement in the post (both offense and defense), illegal screens, pushing through screens, etc. This applies to any level of play. The OP also referenced rebounding fouls where often repeated guidelines are to have whistles when there is possession consequence or to clean up rough play.

Generally speaking, the higher the skill level the more players are able to "play through" contact as they are less likely to have marginal contact prevent them from doing normal defensive or offensive movements. Therefore you will see more contact deemed legal.

As another general rule for off ball. If contact moves a player from point A to B and they didnt want to move from point A to B then we should have a foul.