Ball-handlers / Freedom of Movement

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

It has always been the rule, they just reworded it to be more explicit. At first it was covered under illegal use of hands. It wasn't getting called properly. So, they split it out to have a separate hand checking foul. Even with that change and several attempts to get people to call what was there, it wasn't getting called. So, the spelled it out even more explicitly for those that were not getting the message.

I never saw what is listed in 10-6-12 as a rule. They only created that rule after the NCAA put the wording into their rule of 10-1-4. These were not rules when I started and people would not call these unless they saw and advantage. I had actually heard of RSBQ long before these were even mentioned. Did I probably call the game similarly? Sure did, but I never had a specific reference to use in the explanation. I also went to camps where we would get in trouble for calling things that did not fit the philosophy. When these rules came into place, we had support under the rules.

To say those were always rules is not exactly correct.

Peace