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Message: [QUOTE="HuskylnSC, post: 4456457, member: 7953"] I've been a ref and it's in the case book. Just because 99% of the time it's incidental and ref's don't call it doesn't mean it's not illegal. smacking someone isn't a technical, it's a personal. Maybe your association rules didn't have it or perhaps you reffed more than 6 years ago before the rule was changed. Here I'll quote it. Face guarding occurs when a defensive player blocks or disrupts the vision of the offensive player, whether that player has possession of the ball or not. At any level of basketball, the rule book generally calls for a face guarding violation to be called in each of the following situations: [LIST] [*]If a defender places their hand in front of the eyes of an opposing player in the act of shooting a jump shot rather than defending the ball [*]If a defender is guarding an opposing player that does not have possession or control of the ball, blocking the offensive player’s vision to prevent him from receiving a pass from their teammate is a violation [/LIST] [/QUOTE]