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Originally Posted by Travelling Man
"mens rea" or gulity mind. As officials we are tasked with discerning what the intent is when we see a player doing this. From my perch the dribbler who is "warding off" with their off arm is usually incapable of executing sufficiently (or more appropriately not having been coached on how to) use effective dribble drive moves to evade the pesky defender. I whistle it--and I've not had a coach question the whistle--they usually shout to their player "just drive past him or pass it".
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What other reason is a dribbler doing this other than to protect the ball from the defender? And what does it matter what his intent was?
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Sat Jul 20, 2013, 12:11am
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