Swinging Elbows

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by AHSAA_Ref

My President says if the elbows do not move faster than the torso, it is not a violation or foul.

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Your President probably said that because the rules told him to say that. Just saying...
...

It's never a foul?

If A1 has the ball face level with his elbows out and pivots his entire body and his elbow contacts B1, who has established and maintained a legal guarding position, it's not a foul? Nevvver? (in my Bill Maher squeaky voice).

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by AHSAA_Ref

My President says if the elbows do not move faster than the torso, it is not a violation or foul.

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

It's never a foul?

If A1 has the ball face level with his elbows out and pivots his entire body and his elbow contacts B1, who has established and maintained a legal guarding position, it's not a foul? Nevvver? (in my Bill Maher squeaky voice).

The part in red is why you're . AHSAA_Ref never mentioned contact. If a player's elbows are not moving faster than the torso, it's not excessive (by definition). Therefore, no violation or foul.

And even if there is contact, NFHS does not mandate that it must be a foul. At the high school level, officials are still allowed to exercise judgment about whether it was incidental or not.