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Originally Posted by mcarr
Have you ever heard that a defender can put hands on an offensive player to gauge distance?
If you have a rule reference that would be great.
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The practice was called "tagging". From an old POE in the 2001-02 rulebook--
"The measuring up of an opponent(tagging) is hand-checking, is not permitted, and is a foul."
While technically a foul, in real life it's usually ignored if the hand comes off immediately, no displacement is involved and the hand stays off during the same sequence. Note that it's not regarded as incidental contact by the rulesmakers because they feel that an advantage is being gained by a defender who uses it.