New rules on contact / hand-checking

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by Kansas Ref

Well, this is a fine thread about "hand-checking". In pre-game me and partner talk about how to recognize it, which is usually occuring when in Trail position and we're observing the guards bring ball up under close defensive pressure or on the wing area when SF is jab-stepping. Ball-handler is making all manner of spin moves, between leg dribbles, and crossover dribbles to evade defender. We notice that when defender was shuffling defensive footwork they would extend a hand to put on dribbler's hip then quickly take it off. Then, during the half-time, me and partner would lament that we missed those calls, and also talke about/self-evaluate and ask selves "did that teeny bit of contact impede dribbler?", then at second half, we'd try to make the adjustment calls and try to strike a balance. I'd say we then had 2 or 3 more such calls.

Welcome to the Board Kansas. From where do you hail in the Jay Hawk state? My mother was a native of Linwood and I was born in Lawrence.

MTD, Sr.

[Kansas Ref]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

Welcome to the Board Kansas. From where do you hail in the Jay Hawk state? My mother was a native of Linwood and I was born in Lawrence.

MTD, Sr.

*OK, I know of that area and of Lawrence. I've reffed games in Lawrence school system and at KU adult leagues games--but not yet any Big 12 games.
I'm located out of Kansas City and travel up to 50 miles N, S, E, W of my base. Small towns in the rural counties Ive done their school system (KSHAA) and to my surprise--in some of those small towns (salina, lindsborg, clay center, alba, wamego, junction city, cherokee creek) there are talented hoopsters there---always a 'culture shock" for me when I show up at a small town school and parking lot has deer racks and fishing rods in pickup trucks....but in the gym they are really hooping! That's what I love about basketball--transcendent of culture, socioeconomics, etc factors--just people who like to hoop it up.