Hand part of ball

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Juulie Downs

So how much "benefit of the doubt" do we give for this? Two gray areas:

1. Dribbler's or shooter's hand is actually off the ball, but the action of the defender pushes the hand back into contact... At what distance from the ball does the handler's hand have to be?

2. What part of the hand? if defender gets her fingers down onto the hand of the handler, but defender's palm makes contact with the wrist, is that legal?

Not really gray areas imo....

1) Any distance. To have the exception apply, the hand must be on the ball as the rule states. Of course, during a dribble that determination can be iffy. Soooooo, call it the same way that you make other borderline calls----> if you aren't completely sure that the hand is on or off the ball, don't make a call.

2) The exception only covers the hand, not the wrist. Therefore if they get the wrist or part of the wrist, foul by rule. And again, if it's close as to whether the defender actually did get part of the wrist, only call the foul if you're completely sure that they did.