Hand-checking: A progression (video)

[JetMetFan]

In terms of leaving a hand on a dribbler/ball handler but that player isn't moving/is moving East-West instead of North-South, here's what was in the 2011-12 NFHS Rule Book under "Guidelines for teaching and officiating."

A. Handchecking/Body Fouls.
5) Regardless of where it takes place on the court, when a player continuously places a hand on the ball handler/dribbler, it is a foul.
6) When a player jabs (their) hand(s) or forearm on an opponent to control his or her movement or gain an advantage, it is a foul.
Note: Incidental contact is contact with an opponent which is permitted and which does not constitute a foul. This includes but is not limited to contact which does not hinder the opponent from participating (in) normal offensive or defensive movements.

The continuous hand on a player who isn't moving isn't hindering them but it's not really incidental, either.

I readily admit I fall into the "he's not moving" thing in BV games and when it happens I get annoyed with myself. I don't do it during my GV games because they're under the NCAAW code where there are set guildelines on contact with the dribbler/ball handler (one hot-stove touch and that's it).

[maroonx]

Don't understand the "talking the players out of things" on this level. I blow it right off the bat in my games. Players will adjust. They won't like it but if they don't adjust. Early exit for them.

[JetMetFan]

Here are back-to-back possessions in the 2nd half of the same game (there are also slo-mos which is why it's rather long). First thought I had: Consistency.

Notes:
*My apologies for the audio drop-out in the first sequence.
*Watch where #24 green goes right after the second play of the back-to-back.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by maroonx

Don't understand the "talking the players out of things" on this level. I blow it right off the bat in my games. Players will adjust. They won't like it but if they don't adjust. Early exit for them.

Easy, I do it all the time. I even say it to players before they touch the ball handler. And then when I blow my whistle I tell them they should have listened. Problem solved.

Peace

[jeschmit]

I like how the calling official wants the ball put in at the incorrect spot after he calls a foul... It should have definitely been inbounded on the sideline after that foul.