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Originally Posted by Rusty Gilbert
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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Two hands is always a foul on the perimeter, HS college and pro. In HS and college you can do all the above except use two hands and get away with it cause there are no concrete handcheck guidelines. In the pro game the answer would be F. They have very concrete guidelines. If you use two hands, a "stayed" hand, an extended forearm, or anything, above the free throw line extended it is a foul whether their impedeing their progress or not.