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Originally posted by JRutledge
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The NF does not have a definition of what handchecking is, they just say that your cannot do it.
But just because you do not agree with it or it does not stand in your parts does not mean that it is wrong. [/B][/QUOTE]
Just a coupla comments on the above statements,Rut:
1)The NF sure does define exactly what you can do with your hands. The actual wording from R10-6-1 is "He/she shall not contact an opponent with his/her hand unless such contact is only with the opponent's hand while it is on the ball and is incidental to an attempt to play the ball.The use of hands on an opponent in any way that inhibits the freedom of movement of the opponent or acts as an aid to a player in starting or stopping is not legal." The POE 4A on p.68-labelled "Hands Off" further defines hand-checking.
2)Why are saying that I don't agree with it,or that anything that stands in my parts is right or wrong? If you re-read what I've written,you will see that I haven't offered any opinion at all on that particular rule,or stated how we call it in my area either.All I stated was that your initial statement about displacement having to be a part of a hand-checking foul is wrong--and I offered as proof the specific statement in the rulebook POE that I quoted.I still stand by that statement.It is a rule,but I never told you how to call the rule.I then said that you should check with your local interpreter as to how he/she wants you to call it.I personally don't have any problem with the way it may happen to be called in Illinois,as long as the guys there try to be consistent in the way they do call it.