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Originally posted by SeanFitzRef
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Originally posted by JCrow
I for one....call cheezy handcheck fouls in the first quarter to set the tone of the game. I find if you don't, the kids escalate it until you have wrestling later.
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Question then to all involved in this discussion.....
A1 is driving to the basket in the first quarter, starting at the top of the key. B1 is guarding. A1 crosses over. gets head and shoulders by B1, and continues to drive straight to the rim. B1 puts a had on the hip of A1, slightly displacing A1, but A1 continues forward and scores. Do you:
a) stop the drive to call the hand check?
b) call the hand check, count the basket and send A1 to the line for one throw?
c) No call and keep playing?
What is your answer if said play happens in the fourth quarter?
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Situations described like this are only meant to create controversy. It's impossible to say without question how you'd call this play without actually seeing it happen. And 5 different people that saw it from 5 different angles all might see it differently. Chances are, if the dribbler got past the defender and had a clear lane to the basket, I'd pass on the contact because there was no disavantage to the dribbler. It just depends on so many factors.