Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Snaqwells
Really, you're going to call a foul every time a player contacts an opponent with his hand?
|
I definitely don't do that. My idea is more of a "When in doubt, it is a foul," on a hand check, while I lean much more toward "When it doubt, it is not a foul," in most other cases. As far as contact with both hands, while still not automatic,
(is there really such a thing?) I would say this makes the foul call much more likely. Twice as likely, if you think about it.
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Rule 4-19-1
A personal foul is a player foul which involves illegal contact with an opponent while the ball is live, which hinders an opponent from performing normal defensive and offensive movements. A personal foul also includes contact by or on an airborne shooter when the ball is dead.
|
If the defender uses the contact of the hand to measure the opponent, (yes, this is a theory, but one that I think has merit) and this contact, which is illegal according to 10-6-2, allows the defender to more easily maintain his defensive position, this could easily be considered a hindrance, could it not?