dribbler use of forearm

[ChuckElias]

Originally posted by psychobat
I'm new to this board and have a question.

Welcome to the board!! Although, I'm not really sure we need another psycho around here

He never pushed off with the forearm but I saw it as an advantage for the offense so I called a player control foul on the dribbler? Was I correct in doing so?

If there's no contact, I don't think you can make a case for the PC. Indy-ref mentions "extending" as noted in 10-6-1; but in that rule, it says that you can't "impede" an opponent by extending. If there's no contact, then the dribbler really hasn't impeded the defender.

Bottom line is that you must have contact to call a personal foul. So to answer your question directly, I don't think that you were correct to call the PC foul.

In the past, what I have done in a JH game, was that I mentioned to the coach that if the extended arm made contact, there might be a foul. Coach was grateful for the info and immediately coached her point guard on not "leading" with the arm. That might not be appropriate in every JH game, but it worked for me that night.

I hope you're not losing sleep about the call, but it's good that you found the forum. Have a great season.