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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
Everybody seems to be re-inventing the wheel again.
I've been hearing about SBQ for about 45 years now, and the only thing that has changed is the terminology.
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I've only been doing this for 12 years now, but before somebody spelled out the meaning of SBQ, the only instruction I got about handchecking was to call it if it gave the defender an advantage. That's not a lot of concrete help, IMHO. Even in the POE you quoted, it says any contact that allows a player "to control" his opponent is a foul. Well, a lot of handchecking doesn't have anything to do with "control". It's just a little nudge here, a little tag there.
Again, just my opinion, but I think putting those three (or four, if you count "rhythm") factors into the official's mind are more helpful than just saying "call it if it gives the defender an advantage".