hitting on arms during rebound

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by Kelvin green
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The only legal move here is extending his arms vertically by rule. Any other movement would probably be illegal. You have to remember that when hands are vertical it does not take much movement to move out side vertical area to front or side. If this player swats at the ball it will be more likely a foul than not (pretty hard to swat at balland keep it in the vertical plane) The arm movements would have to be normal guarding movement inside the vertical plane.


[/B][/QUOTE]I certainly agree with you that any other movement than vertically could be illegal. The call is judgement all the way anyway. If you think that the arms are straight up, probably not a foul on the defender. If they aren't completely straight up, or if they move around, possibly could be foul on the defender. Also a no-call a lot of times too. Each case is different and unique, and is usually called that way.