Kicking ball

[Hawks Coach]

Zebra - This same latitude to decide on a moving hand (violation or not) is given in soccer - and if you err on the side of finding it to be intent when there can be any question about intent, you should be fine in both sports. Clearly, a non moving hand that was not extended to play the ball in soccer is the same as a non-moving foot in basketball - neither should be called a violation, all fans want them to be violations, and refs will tend to make the wrong calls in these situations.