Thread: hand checking
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Old Sun Dec 31, 2006, 09:52am
Rusty Gilbert Rusty Gilbert is offline
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If as a defender I'm allowed to _______________ the dribbler, I gain an advantage:

a. keep my hand on
b. touch off and on multiple times
c. place my arm on
d. touch with both hands (or one forearm and one hand, or both forearms)
e. one-touch "size up" (like touching a hot stove--one time quick on and off)
f. a, b, c, and d
g. all of the above

I'd answer "F".....and call a hand check. Do it consistently and early, and the players and coaches will adjust. It will clean up play and take a lot fo the "gray area" guessing out.

Many coaches I know coach their players to use their hands and arms until the officials call a hand-check 2 or 3 times so that the coaches and players can identify where the line is going to be drawn in that particular game.
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