"Intentional" interference

[jrvankirk]

Many interference rules (NFHS, ASA and NCAA) require such to be "intentional." What means "intentional?" Is it limited to obvious situations such as pushing, shoving or slapping at the ball or defensive player? I know it's a judgment call, but what are some objective criteria that can be used in making the judgment?

[Dutch Alex]

Intentional has the word "intent", such as: it has a meaning, was meant this way, on purpose...

Your familyname indicades a dutch history, perhaps you are dutch and don't speak english to well... please don't be offended by this, I can be miles off. If you're dutch you welcome to send me a "PrivateMessage" so we can go on on dutch...

[jrvankirk]

Dutch - You have the better of me. You are obviously a gifted mind reader. The rest of us have to rely upon objective circumstantial facts to determine a person's "intent." Thanks so much for your help.

[Dutch Alex]

No I'm not a mind reader, however what helps for me is asking myself: "why did she do that? Did she interfer as a lack of skills or was it indeed intended?" The higher the level of competition, the sooner it's intentional therefor the lower the level it's often more a lack off skills...
At a high level (here in the Neth.'s 1st and 2nd national competition) a slight change in walking the line towards the bases can cause a intended interference.
Hope you've now got the help you wanted... And please be sure, I didn't want to be rude or offend you.

[mcrowder]

Originally Posted by jrvankirk

Dutch - You have the better of me. You are obviously a gifted mind reader. The rest of us have to rely upon objective circumstantial facts to determine a person's "intent." Thanks so much for your help.

Wow. that was uncalled for. You asked for help, Dutch offered it. Good grief.

If you're having trouble determining intent without being a mindreader, look for an action. It doesn't have to be pushing, shoving, etc - it could be as simple as deviating from the path he was initially taking, or raising an arm. If he DIDN'T take an action, he probably didn't do anything on purpose.

[Skahtboi]

Originally Posted by mcrowder

Wow. that was uncalled for. You asked for help, Dutch offered it. Good grief.

I thought that he was referring to the comment Sander on made family lineage. This one:

Originally Posted by Dutch Alex

Your familyname indicades a dutch history, perhaps you are dutch and don't speak english to well... please don't be offended by this, I can be miles off.

Maybe I am wrong though. But I was taking jrvankirk's comment about being a mind reader to be addressing that, not the intent part of his post.

[Dakota]

Sheesh.... are we so PC hyper-sensitive around here now? Looked to me like Dutch Alex noticed the ethnic moniker, recognized the Q as having to do with word definition and application, and offered an alternative to English for addressing the question. Sheesh...