Handcheck (hopefully not GPS #7!!)

[Mark Dexter]

Calling more handchecks came up in another thread, and it got me thinking that the handcheck is the hardest call for me to make.

What a handcheck is usually is fairly simple. I have a problem in determining when to call the foul. If B1 is handchecking A1, and A1 does not seem to be affected (although, according to the book, any handcheck gives an advantage) while backing down toward the basket, do you usually:

(1) Call the foul while A1 is backing in?
(2) Wait for the shot, and call a shooting foul?
(3) See if the shot is affected, and then call a shooting foul?

Thanks in advance for the help.