Contact above the shoulders

[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.