Penalty Enforcement

[Welpe]

If it's a push and not a grasp we wouldn't call it a facemask. In NFHS, I usually put this under the generic unnecessary roughness foul. "Incites roughness" is good enough for me.

If it's not severe or prolonged then talk to him the first time. I leave illegal use of the hands alone in this.

[Texas Aggie]

NCAA: Personal foul, Hands-to-the-face.

It's really just a "Face Mask" foul. In a, it covers "continuous" contact, which this is, and in b, covers grab and twist. No reason to say "hands to the face" since that really isn't accurate nor is it the foul. Plus the term doesn't exist in the NCAA rulebook. THAT alone means little, but since there IS an accurate foul for that, we should use that.

[Legacy Zebra]

Originally Posted by Texas Aggie

It's really just a "Face Mask" foul. In a, it covers "continuous" contact, which this is, and in b, covers grab and twist. No reason to say "hands to the face" since that really isn't accurate nor is it the foul. Plus the term doesn't exist in the NCAA rulebook. THAT alone means little, but since there IS an accurate foul for that, we should use that.

There is also a separate signal for paragraph a, S26, which is labeled "Hands to the Face". Which tells me we should be calling it "hands to the face".

[Texas Aggie]

I stand corrected. I was not aware of the new signal. I did a search for the term and that didn't come up.

Thanks for the alert.