Hand Checking... Part !!

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Scuba_ref

The way I see it most handchecks are fouls where the defender is playing the offensive player's body and not the ball. When you have one or two hands on a defender and are directing or impeding his movement you really aren't playing the ball. So, if you called it intentional at the beginning of the game feel free to call it intentional at the end. Otherwise, regular old foul and move the game along.

That would make sense if the rules committees considered this to be an intentional foul, but they don't. This action is an attempt to prevent the ball handler to go by them, this is not an intentional foul at all.

Peace

[Scuba_ref]

Originally Posted by Scuba_ref

The way I see it most handchecks are fouls where the defender is playing the offensive player's body and not the ball. When you have one or two hands on a defender and are directing or impeding his movement you really aren't playing the ball. So, if you called it intentional at the beginning of the game feel free to call it intentional at the end. Otherwise, regular old foul and move the game along.

Originally Posted by JRutledge

That would make sense if the rules committees considered this to be an intentional foul, but they don't. This action is an attempt to prevent the ball handler to go by them, this is not an intentional foul at all.

Peace

My point exactly...you wouldn't call this in the beginning of the game because as JRut states it isn't an intentional foul. Why consider calling what looks like handchecking something other than handchecking?