How should I handle simulation, and can the closest player swim away from a free throw?

Q: How should I handle simulation, and can the closest player swim away from a free throw?

Both are 2026-28 NFHS points of emphasis. Simulation Simulation (faking being fouled to influence the call) is a foul. Don't reward it by calling a foul that didn't happen. By an offensive player: offensive foul. By a defensive player: exclusion foul. Typical example: a perimeter attacker deliberately drops the ball, throws the head or body into a defender and slaps the water while the defender clearly has two hands up and makes no illegal contact. Free throws (Rule 5-11) On a counterattack, a player with a position of advantage doesn't have to give it up to take the free throw; the next-closest teammate takes it (without undue delay). If there's no counterattacker and the closest player has no positional advantage, that player must take the free throw. Swimming away to let someone else take it is an offensive foul.

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Both are 2026-28 NFHS points of emphasis.

Simulation

Simulation (faking being fouled to influence the call) is a foul. Don't reward it by calling a foul that didn't happen.
By an offensive player: offensive foul.
By a defensive player: exclusion foul.
Typical example: a perimeter attacker deliberately drops the ball, throws the head or body into a defender and slaps the water while the defender clearly has two hands up and makes no illegal contact.

Free throws (Rule 5-11)

On a counterattack, a player with a position of advantage doesn't have to give it up to take the free throw; the next-closest teammate takes it (without undue delay).
If there's no counterattacker and the closest player has no positional advantage, that player must take the free throw. Swimming away to let someone else take it is an offensive foul.