Heading: Unsportsmanlike Foul     Sub Heading: Definition

"An unsportsmanlike foul is a player contact which is:

• Contact with an opponent not legitimately attempting to directly play the ball within the spirit and intent of the rules.

• Excessive, hard contact caused by a player in an effort to play the ball or an opponent.

• Unnecessary contact caused by the defensive player in order to stop the progress of the offensive team in transition.
  This applies until the offensive player starts the act of shooting.

• Illegal contact caused by a player from behind or laterally on an opponent who is progressing towards the opponents’ basket, with no opponents between

  • the progressing player and the basket, and where:

  • the progressing player is in control of the ball, or

  • the progressing player is attempting to gain control of the ball, or

  • the ball has been released on a pass to the progressing player.
    This applies until the offensive player starts the act of shooting."