Hand part of ball

[Nagy0716]

at what point do we penalize the defense on this?? just have been hearing different opinions on this..

thanks..

[just another ref]

10-6-2: A player shall not contact an opponent with his hand unless such contact is only with the opponent's hand while it is on the ball and is incidental to an attempt to play the ball.

[AKOFL]

do we allow it on a shot?

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by AKOFL

do we allow it on a shot?

Why not?

As I recall, nothing under 10-6 gives special consideration to a shooter when describing what constitutes a foul.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by AKOFL

do we allow it on a shot?

Does the rule state not to?

[BillyMac]

It is legal use of hands to accidentally hit the hand of the opponent when it is in contact with the ball. This includes holding, dribbling, passing, or even during a shot attempt. Striking a ball handler or a shooter on that player's hand that is incidental to an attempt to play the ball is not a foul, no matter how loud it sounds or how much it hurts.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

It is legal use of hands to accidentally hit the hand of the opponent when it is in contact with the ball. This includes holding, dribbling, passing, or even during a shot attempt. Striking a ball handler or a shooter on that player's hand that is incidental to an attempt to play the ball is not a foul, no matter how loud it sounds or how much it hurts.

And the key word is "accidentally". It is a judgment call though.

Personally, not being able to read minds, I can't ever be 100% sure if a defender deliberately whacked an offensive player on the hand while that hand was on the ball. And seeing that I was taught very early not to call anything that I wasn't really sure of, I give the benefit of the doubt to the defender.

And in my experience, that's the way that the play is generally/universally called also.

[doubleringer]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

It is legal use of hands to accidentally hit the hand of the opponent when it is in contact with the ball. This includes holding, dribbling, passing, or even during a shot attempt. Striking a ball handler or a shooter on that player's hand that is incidental to an attempt to play the ball is not a foul, no matter how loud it sounds or how much it hurts.

In one of our playoff games this season, my crew got sent to a small school. The visiting school, Snaqwell's alma mater as a matter of fact, was getting beat badly. In the second half, a player from the winning team gambled for a steal, came across the offensive players hand with a loud slap, and ended up over-running the offinsive player by 10 feet, giving the offense an uncontested layup. Some well informed fan was all over me for 2 possessions about "hearing the slap clear up here". Personally, I thought they'd rather have a lay up and 2 points than inbounding the ball again and facing another (potential) turnover, they had plenty on the evening.