Basketball Question # 1.

[Lighthouse]

A1 is dribbling in team A's frontcourt outside the three-point line. Defender B2 places his or her right hand on A1 and then removes it. A1 then takes a few dribbles, B2 touches A1 with his or her left hand. B2's hands do not displace, hold or impede the progress of A1. Is that a foul?

A. Play should continue; no foul has occured.
B. A foul should be ruled on B2 for placing an extended arm bar on A1.
C. A foul should be ruled on B2 for contacting a player more than once with the same or alternating hands.
D. A foul should be ruled when the official deems this contact as continual jabbing.

[Chaz]

A and/or D

[gerntz]

If the first touch isn't a foul, I see no reason for the 2nd one to be. The actions are discontinuous.

[Lighthouse]

The Correct Answer to Basketball Question #1,

is D for NCAA Men, and C for NCAA Women and HS.

RULE 10; Fouls and Penalties.

Section 1. Personal Fouls.
Art. 4. The following acts constitute a foul when committed against a player with
the ball:
c. Continually jabbing an opponent by extending an arm(s) and placing a hand
or forearm on the opponent;

Appendix III; Officiating Guidelines.
Section 5. Hand-Checking (Impeding the Progress of a Player)
To curtail hand-checking, officials must address it at the beginning of the game,
and related personal fouls must be called consistently throughout the game. Some
guidelines for officials to use when officiating hand-checking:
a. When a defensive player keeps a hand or forearm on an opponent, it is a
personal foul.
b. When a defensive player puts two hands on an opponent, it is a personal foul.
c. When a defensive player continually jabs by extending his arm(s) and placing
a hand or forearm on the opponent, it is a personal foul.
d. When a defensive player uses an arm bar to impede the progress of a dribbler,
it is a personal foul.