Contact above the shoulders

[jeremy341a]

If a player pivioting has a stationary elbow then can someone describe an elbow that is moving and not excessive? If moving with the body speed is stationary then anything above that by definition must be excessive. If that is the case where does elbow in movement come in?

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by jeremy341a

If a player pivoting has a stationary elbow then can someone describe an elbow that is moving and not excessive?

Awesome point, Jeremy. I tried to say this earlier when I posted:

Then why include the phrase "but not excessive"?? That makes no sense. If your explanation is correct, the POE reads "An elbow in non-excessive movement, but not excessive, should be an intentional foul". That makes no sense at all.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by jeremy341a

If a player pivioting has a stationary elbow then can someone describe an elbow that is moving and not excessive? If moving with the body speed is stationary then anything above that by definition must be excessive. If that is the case where does elbow in movement come in?

No, it isn't. A player can rotate at the waist and above without pivoting the whole body....that would be a moving elbow. Depending on the speed/force that they rotate, it might be excessive or not. You wouldn't need the adjective excessive if all movement of the elbows were considered the same so there must be some level of elbow movement that isn't considered excessive.

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

A player can rotate at the waist and above without pivoting the whole body....that would be a moving elbow.

So, it seems like you're differentiating between pivoting on a pivot foot and rotating at the waist. And based on that differentiation, it sounds like you're saying that a player who pivots on a pivot foot does not have a moving elbow; in which case, if that elbow makes contact above the shoulders of an opponent, you could have nothing or a common foul.

Is that right so far?

If so, it then also sounds like you're saying if that same player rotates at the waist (instead of pivoting on the pivot foot), without the elbows moving faster than the torso, and the elbow makes contact above the shoulders of an opponent, that's an intentional foul.

Is that right?

[OKREF]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

So, it seems like you're differentiating between pivoting on a pivot foot and rotating at the waist. And based on that differentiation, it sounds like you're saying that a player who pivots on a pivot foot does not have a moving elbow; in which case, if that elbow makes contact above the shoulders of an opponent, you could have nothing or a common foul.

Is that right so far?

If so, it then also sounds like you're saying if that same player rotates at the waist (instead of pivoting on the pivot foot), without the elbows moving faster than the torso, and the elbow makes contact above the shoulders of an opponent, that's an intentional foul.

Is that right?

This is how I see it.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

So, it seems like you're differentiating between pivoting on a pivot foot and rotating at the waist. And based on that differentiation, it sounds like you're saying that a player who pivots on a pivot foot does not have a moving elbow; in which case, if that elbow makes contact above the shoulders of an opponent, you could have nothing or a common foul.

Is that right so far?

Most likley... although I do accept that the possibility of an intentional foul does still exist.

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

If so, it then also sounds like you're saying if that same player rotates at the waist (instead of pivoting on the pivot foot), without the elbows moving faster than the torso, and the elbow makes contact above the shoulders of an opponent, that's an intentional foul.

Is that right?

Not quite...I challenge you to rotate at the waist without the elbows moving at least a little faster than the torso....but the difference is leading with the elbows vs. twisting the body. Lead with the elbow....intentional. Lead with the elbow viciously, flagrant.

[OKREF]

Originally Posted by camron rust

most likley... Although i do accept that the possibility of an intentional foul does still exist.



Not quite...i challenge you to rotate at the waist without the elbows moving at least a little faster than the torso....but the difference is leading with the elbows vs. Twisting the body. Lead with the elbow....intentional. Lead with the elbow viciously, flagrant.

+2

[OKREF]

9-13-2

A player may extend arm(s) or elbow(s) to hold the ball under the chin or against the body.

If they do this and pivot and the elbows aren't moving faster than the torso, or shoulders, it is either incidental contact or a player control.

[Adam]

Seems to me that the way Colorado and Washington are teaching this POE makes more sense with the rule, even if it doesn't mesh with the wording, linguistically.

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

Most likley... although I do accept that the possibility of an intentional foul does still exist.

IMHO, that is a LUDICROUS distinction. You are going to penalize the same contact differently because of the method used to pivot???? Pivot on your foot and hit a guy above the shoulders, it's (maybe) a PC foul. Pivot at the waist at same speed and hit a guy above the shoulders, it's intentional. That makes absolutely zero sense to me.

I challenge you to rotate at the waist without the elbows moving at least a little faster than the torso.

I just did it. Easily. In fact, I did it twice, because it was so easy that I thought that maybe I wasn't paying close enough attention to my elbows. The only thing that was marginally difficult was getting the elbows to stop at the same time as my torso. Because of the momentum generated while twisting, my elbows continued to move slightly after I stopped twisting my torso. But more than likely, any contact will occur before the torso is done twisting, so that doesn't come into play.