T for Kicking

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by Scooby

Sit. A1 is just inside the three point line and shoots the ball, B1 blocks out A1 on her way down to the the floor pushing her back 2 feet. I have a foul on B1 and then A1 kicks at B1, but whiffs, with her kick. I start to warn B1 and get "hey you can't..." then I "T" her up.

Is this a good T? (I got no problem from her coach) But that does not mean if is the right or wrong call.
Should A1 be ejected?


Also, we had a play I was C the A1 was driving from the three point line to the basket. The T call a travel and from where I was I saw the B1 tip the ball before the travel. I got with C and he told me that he was blocked and did not see the tip. We gave the ball back to A (POI) and B's coach did not like this call.

How would you have handled the situation?

I'm assuming that you called the T on A1 - correct?

If so, then it should be flagrant as attempting to kick is included in the attempting to punch - they are the same thing and are both considered flagrant.

[slow whistle]

The reason I brought the severity of the act into the equation is that you could have a situation where you have sort of a half hearted kick at an opponent that is more just like "get away from me" - more like a push than a "kick"...would you automatically eject someone for pushing? I think this is usually a HTBT situation in order to determine if you have flagrant or not...

[Adam]

Originally Posted by slow whistle

The reason I brought the severity of the act into the equation is that you could have a situation where you have sort of a half hearted kick at an opponent that is more just like "get away from me" - more like a push than a "kick"...would you automatically eject someone for pushing? I think this is usually a HTBT situation in order to determine if you have flagrant or not...

I think this is what I was thinking of as I read the OP. The rule doesn't appear to leave a lot of room for judgment, though.