NFHS emphasis on elbow contact

[Mendy Trent]

Can someone please give me an example of when they would call a foul on player whose elbow is completely stationary?

"Contact with a stationary elbow may be incidental or a common foul."

By definition, how can you commit a foul with your elbow if it isn't moving?

Thanks,

Mendy

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Mendy Trent

Can someone please give me an example of when they would call a foul on player whose elbow is completely stationary?

"Contact with a stationary elbow may be incidental or a common foul."

By definition, how can you commit a foul with your elbow if it isn't moving?

Thanks,

Mendy

The same way he would commit a foul with his knee without it moving.

[Mendy Trent]

Originally Posted by Adam

The same way he would commit a foul with his knee without it moving.

Can you be less vague? Do you mean sticking his elbows out to prevent a player from getting around a screen?

[BLydic]

Originally Posted by Mendy Trent

Can you be less vague?

If the elbows are stationary, but the torso is turned in such a way as to cause contact ...

[Mendy Trent]

Originally Posted by BLydic

If the elbows are stationary, but the torso is turned in such a way as to cause contact ...

You lost me. How can you cause contact if you are stationary?

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by Mendy Trent

You lost me. How can you cause contact if you are stationary?

By extending the arms outside the frame of the body. They can be entirely stationary but in a position that is not legal if the opponent runs into them. The person with the arms extended "caused" the contact by having the arms in a position where they'd be hit.

And forget about "cause contact" for determining who a foul is on. Causing contact is not necessarily illegal. What is illegal is being in an illegal position or moving in a non-permissible direction when contact occurs, regardless of who caused it.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by BLydic

If the elbows are stationary, but the torso is turned in such a way as to cause contact ...

Then the elbows were not stationary. :/

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

Then the elbows were not stationary. :/

Right. Elbows can be stationary, moving, or excessively swinging.

Onthe OP, it might be elbows out on a screen (like a blocking position in footbball), or an arm held out to prevent a defender from fronting, etc.