hand checking

[gordon30307]

Originally posted by roadking
does the fact that a defensive player is making contact with his hand without any diplacement of the offensive ball handler justify a hand check call? i normally dont make this call unless i see displacement. i had a jv coach complain the whole game to us. i basically told him just because theres contact it does not justify a foul call without displacement, do you agree with this statement and how would you handle the coach in this situation. this was not a tight game his team won by 25.

If they're going from east to west I generally won't call it unless there's an advantage gained. Going north and south especially driving to the basket I will call it. Doesn't take much to disrupt a scoring chance. Really no reason to have your hand on the dribblers back.