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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee
That statement is completely wrong.
Here's the verbatim statement from NFHS POE's in 2001-02 and 2003-04--"Hand checking is NOT incidental contact. It gives a tremendous advantage to the person illegally using their hands."
And what could be clearer than the POE from the 2003-04?--"When a player places BOTH hands on an opposing player, it IS a foul."
Apparently there's more than one area that likes to ignore very, very specific POE's and Officiating Guidelines. As I said, imo that's sad.
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Don't apply single statements in a vacuum...unless you work games played ina vacuum. Even as direct as the statement may seem to be, there are other statements by the same organizations that counter it.
I already said the POE work most of the time and are usually applicable and should be followed...but they don't comprehend ALL game situations. There are times that it would simply be wrong to call a foul just becasue two hands made contact. Such time include situations where calling the foul would disadvantage the team with the ball.
Plus, its only handchecking if I decide it's handchecking and blow the whistle (that's the definition of a foul). If I don't blow the whistle, then it is not, by definition, a foul.