Hand checking

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by BBrules

4-27-3... contact which does not hinder the opponent from participating in normal defensive or offensive movements should be considered incidental.

I think this is the main point being argued , does hand checking 'hinder'. I believe so and I think the NFHS does also since they keep putting it in the POEs. In my short time as a ref, it seems to me that hand checking usually leads to something akin to WWE smackdown on the low post, and escalating fouls on the guards. If we nail 'em, they'll stop.

Hand checking and touching are not the same thing. Hand checking is a foul. That part is not being debated at all. What is being debated is when it takes place.

Peace