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Originally Posted by JRutledge
And hand-checking has only been defined in the rules the last 10 years or as to how this is to be called or a whether that action is clearly a foul. I could say that that advantage/disadvantage is a newer term for the Tower principle, not sure what any of that has to do with camps.
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Jeff, hand-checking was addressed in the rules in the 1970's and they had case book plays then specifically telling us how to call it. At that time we were supposed to immediately call a foul if a defender put a hand on an opponent. It was strictly "hands off". That calling philosophy loosened up to using advantage/disadvantage if a hand went on. Two hands has always been a foul.
And the Tower Principle came out before that.
RSBQ is just paraphrasing the concepts used in the Tower Philosophy. It's just another way to state what officials have been actually using for umpty-ump years.
That's all I'm saying.