Delay of Game Situation

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle

I think he means incidental. The player purposely contacted the ball, but his (judged) intent was to protect himself. So...not accidental, but incidental.

However, accidental or incidental, if it causes a delay it needs to be addressed. That may be a delay warning, or just a stern word.

I do not agree.

Delay of game infractions are not meant to be applied to cases where the ball drops thorugh the net and ricochets off a player who had no intent to deflect it away from being ready to play. If a ball comes through an bounces off of a player who either didn't see it coming or was only protecting it from hitting them in the face (or similar), it should not be a violation.