Make the call and the signal

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Originally Posted by Jim Henry

Last minute of a lopsided grade school game. In a rebound situation A1 and B1 go up for the ball. A1’s arm comes down hard on the head B1 and knocks B1 to the floor. Although it was not intentional in my judgment, I see a shot to the head as a flagrant foul. I call a flagrant foul on the A1 player, and he is out of the game.

I made the signal with “crossed arms”, which I assume was the wrong signal. Should I have given the “T” signal? Any way, I immediately went to the table, informed the score keeper and told the coach the player is out. The coach said it was an accident and not intentional. My answer was “any shot to the head and knocking a player down; I am going to call as a flagrant.” Of course the coaches did not like the call.

Your thoughts?

why would any shot to the head be flagrant? you clearly didnt think it was intentional so just a regular foul --

a flagrant foul is anything that is excessive -- where the contact occurs doesnt matter.

as for the signal -- its a flagrant T -- so the X is for intentional -- the T is for the flagrant t -- or you can do the hokey pokey and turn em all around...