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in regards as when to call to handchecking. it is good to differentiate between east/west-north/spouth. meaning is the offensive player moving from sideline to sidleine or advancing the ball to the basket. if an offensive player is moving from sideline to sideline a forearm or measuring hand most likely does not affect the dribbler. when the offensive player goes to the basket that same forearm can impead the progress of the offense. what has been taught to me by better officials is to think speed/quickness/ability, if a handcheck affects any of these 3 it would be good to call a handcheck.
what bktballref said about calling handchecks tight was adopted by the NBA 2 yrs ago and the nc2a last year. they used the system and quickly dropped it. the reasoning for instituting it was because handchecks were going uncalled. the reason they dropped it was because it was taking judgement away from a play that was not affecting the game. they both went back to using the officials judgment and adopted the unwritten guidelines of speed/quickness/ability.
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tony
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