Handchecking - FWIW

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

There is no reason for any post player to put a fore arm on the back of another post player. The reason we are in this difficult position is the for years officials have not called pushing fouls (usually a player control foul) on the offensive post player backs down and/or knocks down the defensive player who has a legal guarding position.

I tell the defensive player only once to keep his/her fore arm off the offensive post player. If he/she does not take it off, it is a foul. If the defensive player tells me that he/she needs it there to keep from being pushed out of position I tell him/her to let me take care of that. The next thing you know, I have pushing (player control) foul on the offensive player.

Once you start calling that foul on the offensive player, the defensive player realizes that he/she does not need to protect themselves from being pushed out of position and the offensive player realizes that he/she just cannot go pushing defensive players out of the way. And then you have good clean post play.