What is a Hand Check? One hand? Two Hands? One or more touches? Watch this video and find out.
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- This is Rule Review and our coverage on plays involving hand checks. This video is dedicated to educating basketball officials on the proper way to rule on contact involving hand(s) on a ball handler. Watching actual videos of plays involving hand checks, along with some basic instruction explaining each rule, helps officials learn faster and retain rule information better. We can all learn together by continually discussing the rules as they are written in the NFHS rules book and viewing actual high school basketball games reinforces that learning.
Unfortunately, many times officials fail to blow their whistle when a hand check happens on a ball handler but if we review Rule 10 in the NFHS rules book, we find out hand contact on all ball handlers should be ruled a foul. This is what we will be reviewing in this segment of Rule Review. And remember, all video clips we reference to highlight hand checks are from high school games and focus solely on the NFHS high school rules book.
Video #1
- A dribbler tries moving around the top of the three point line when his defender reaches out with both hands and touches the ball handler. The officials correctly blows his whistle and rules a hand check foul.
Video #2
- The dribbler this time drives down the side of the court and toward the basket when his opponent places the side of his forearm on his hip and keeping it on until both officials blow their whistle for a foul. But if he didn't actually use his hand, why is this a hand check foul? Watch to find out.
Video #3
- A post player backs his way toward the basket and into the lane, eventually turning and attempting a shot. His defender keeps a hand in his back the entire way, only to take it off when the ball handler turns to shoot. Why didn't the officials call a foul? Is the fact the dribbler is a post player?
Video #4
- The ball handler is dribbling in the corner, near the division line, moving back and forth, trying to evade his opponent. His defender is touching his opponent with his hands, alternating one after the other and never placing two on at the same time. Does this matter? The officials ruled this a foul and signals a hold but shouldn't the signal be a hand check?
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Would have been nice to see when it was incorrectly called. Great teaching video!
We'll try to follow up with something like that in the future. Thanks.
This is very useful thanks. However I'm left wondering what *is* allowed for the defender to do. I see defenders with one hand almost permanently on an offensive player's hip/behind (in NBA) when the offense player does not have the ball, is that ok? And what is the defender allowed to do to an offense player with the ball? I'd really appreciate a video showing this other way around (legal moves that might wrongly be interpreted as illegal. Thanks!
good suggestions. thanks.
The way players are today, if you allowed hand checking there would be constant fighting during games because they would continue to push the limit on it. We as referees have to nip it in the bud early but unfortunately a lot of us just let the players play which is partly the cause of some problems!
Well said.
I'm only 30, and we called this playing defense when I was a teenager. God forbid you make any contact with the ball handler anymore.
The game constantly changes and the rules with it. Regardless of our personal feelings about any particular rule, we need to enforce them equally as they are written.
@@OfficialsInstitute No, you're right. Maybe they should remove dribbling along with it to really change things up.
@@willbearheart1372 ong
@@OfficialsInstitute you're right about rules changing but it doesn't always mean they are better after the change. Haven't watch BB for 20+ years. I need to see a game with these rules. They seam ridiculous to me as I remember the game. How would you stop now MJ, SqO, SPen,... Without these karate chops defense could do in the past :)?
Players don't need to be phiscall anymore?
What are the scores right now, 200 to 198?
If m curious to watch this new hands of game.
Looks like somebody can't dribble
Thank you for these!
You’re welcome. Thanks for watching.
All those rules make kids (like me a long time ago) hating this fabulous sport. I remember my PE teachers being very strict on this hand check rules, when you use to play football/soccer, it's just impossible to defend. Later I came back to BB, and have great time, specially in 3vs3 games. BB is a such great sport for coordination, athleticism and I use it to learn people to shield their ball in football/soccer, but this hand check rules in my opinion is too much. By the way, good video. Thanks.
The rules can get complicated and overwhelming at times.
@@demarcus612Are your handles just that bad? Makes zero sense why this rule is in place. Back then you didn't have guards anywhere near skilled as they are today in figuring out ways around their opponents. That last player #24 on defense guarding player on offense player on offense didn't even have a chance to use a crossover and has enough momentum laterally he could have gotten around or dropped him this is why whenever you go play park ball anywhere and that offensive player that everyone brags and hypes up about having handles gets shown otherwise UNDER or a light go with hand checking and it inevitably makes em better and just in general park ball players arsenals tend to be too deep because of the no restrictions. Brings out more emotion and a competitive atmosphere. Reasons why my game draws more awe than others. Hands are just as important to the game as feet. You are moving laterally and excessive hand touching on the defensive end is called staying awake/alert. That's great defense.
Just because it’s your opinion doesn’t mean it’s a good opinion this clearly shows ur just bad get ur skills up play legal defence
@@antwanbonifas7710 what so breaking the rules is good defence writing a whole fucking story Doesn’t mean you know shit about shit btw stop hyping yourself up you would be barely mediocre at best😂
@@dja1647 well, you maybe better know Basket-Ball than me, as I wrote before it's a sport I didn't play a long time because of this 'sissy' rules (in my opinion).
Maybe your opinion has more value than mine but I had great 1vs1 against specialist of BB who also told me that they hate those new rules.
For sure it would have made me very hard to defend but honestly like that it's a poor concept.
I honestly don't want to adapt to stupid laws.
What is legal is not necessary legimit or morale, like some other stuff in life, But it's another topic.
I just think it's just killing the beauty of some 1vs1 situation.
Comparing to the sport I have more profiency : football (soccer), if you watch a game with referees stoping actions every contact, it's horrible to watch. Not like in the English PL, and that the reason why PL is the most popular league where referee let the action, the rythm of the game in a higher peace.
Thanks for the explanation. Removing hand-checking was the NBAs version of the MLB's long ball era. TV ratings shot up afterwards the pace of the game moved up. Now the NBA's ratings are down because fans say that it's soft and is a 3-point contest. MLB has put in a clock to speed up the pace of the game because ratings are down.
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This makes it so damn hard guarding fast players though when you can touch them and have to chest up. My chest is just fried from all dem shoulders bumps and pushoffs
Dribblers should be held as much accountable for the contact they initiate as much as the defender is with hand checks.
@@demarcus612 haha ok
@@demarcus612Dude that's not how it works at all. How good y'all really wanna be fr? You don't understand the speed a handler has and we talk about a respectable shooter your not sagging off like that. If I'm a defender and your telling me to make him go left or right he has far and away better advantages than what I'd have BECAUSE of the rules. He's moving me laterally it's unpredictability. He now has the ability for a mid range or already enough space that he didn't have to even create on a crossover to hessy and blow past. A defender needs allowed his touches to read his opponent correctly even had another player kept swipping my hand down cuz he knew tf I was on as a defender. It's that simple. Lmfao I don't go about getting 7 blocks on a kid multiple times out on the perimeter in a game to 21 that's on my skill level for nothing. He's better because of it as am I, his strength as a shooter to me figuring him out makes him have to handle the ball better and attack which he does now. This rule is only in place because players cry and whine and get agitated also like this same kid I play with does. Offensive players can get around a hand check and physicallity. The bag is deeper than a defensive players is. Figure it out
Very helpful
Glad to hear that
I did not understand why defender fouled on the 3:44 clip. As I know slightly touching ballhandler with one arm is not a foul. Could you please explain to me in different words?
There is no rule that states slight touching is legal.
Rule 10.7.12 lays out all the factors in hand checking.
We Should bring back hand Checking!! It's better for defense! Offense is to easy now 🤷♂️
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“• Placing an extended arm bar on the player.” Is exactly what the rule state constitutes a foul. So simply placing a forearm on a dribbler is not a foul unless it is extended.
There is always judgement that comes in to play on whether a player extends an arm bar onto a dribbler, but it appears the defender in this video, had to extend in order to maintain contact with the dribbler who was attempting to move around his opponent.
I don't get the hand check rule on the post player. At what time was it a foul? It was not highlighted here on what action of the defender was illegal. Was all his actions illegal?
According to 10.7.12c - Just because the ball handler is a post player, does not give the defender the right to place and keep his hand on him. A foul should be called at some point during the time the defender places and keeps his hand on his opponent with the ball.
@@OfficialsInstitute Thanks for the clarification. But I don't see this rule being enforced much in the NBA. I can see a lot of defenders touching the post player without any whistles being called. So I thought that is allowed. How about back to the basket moves by a post player? Can the defender use his hand or elbow to slow or hold him down?
NBA is a whole different monster. It may be legal at that level as they have many different rule sets because those players are the best of the best. This video references rules used at the high school level using the NFHS rules book.
So resting one hand on the ball handlers body is not a hand check? The video prohibited the use of 2 hands but did not prohibit 1 hand.
One hand is also a hand check, per the written rule. We, as officials, always have some latitude in determining whether contact rises to the level of a foul and I think this is me of the more common “wait and see” moments.
I had never heard of multiple touches. Interesting.
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I love this!
Glad you enjoyed it.
it's a fiba rules?
I am not sure what the hand check rules in FIBA are.
False..you can put a hand or armbar in the post against an offensive player who has their back turned against the basket.
Not a ball handler in the post. 10.7.12
How can I use my hands/forearm on defense?
By rule, you cannot use either on a ball handler. If you're playing defense on a player without the ball, it is not illegal to use your hands to touch your opponent, but you cannot prohibit their freedom of movement doing so.
I'm very new to basketball so what exactly can i do? I've played a few games with actual refs and always find myself using my forearm and i haven't been called yet. So do i not worry about it and keep doing what I'm doing or what
Extended Forearm on a ball handler should be a foul.
best way to send a message is let defender handcheck and blow the whistle when the dribbler goes up for a shot.
What message does that send?
@@OfficialsInstitute stop checking or you giving more points to opponents.
Hand checks are NOT absolute fouls. It can be over called and mess the game up and thus rewarding the defense for a foul. Make sure the contact "checks" the dribbler by stopping or re-routing the dribbler. I've seen hand checks called while a player is making way to the basket either shooting or being able to dish off to an open teammate thus taking a scoring opportunity away from the offense. These type of fouls are called out in the parameter (outside 3-point lines). Any similar contact impeding freedom of movement in the scoring area should be called a push or hold.
No rule is an absolute. All contact must pass through the lens of each official and determined on its legality as it is written in the rules book.
When reading 10.7.12 there is no mention of "stopping or re-routing" or that they only happen on the perimeter. In fact it specifically states that the rule "would include a player in the post position." A hand check is not a hold or a push which is why 10.7.12 was written, to distinguish these types of fouls from others.
@@OfficialsInstitute Intent and purpose of the rules, right before rule 1, easily state "...and to emphasize cleverness and skill. without unduly limiting freedom of action of individual or team play on either offense or defense. If a player, with or without the ball, is able to get by a defender freely, even with contact, then its a "no call". 10-7-12 contradict this and thus too many officials are needlessly calling fouls, especially in the scoring zone.
I know the book does not distinguish when/where a hand check should be called, but anyone with basketball credibility will not call a "hand check" in the scoring area. It will be a hold or push.
Other than that your videos are good and lead to good discussions. I'm a video guy too and appreciate the time and effort it takes to put these together.
dude how are you even supposed to play defense? It's like you just have to let yourself be trucked by them...
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Body the defender with your chest
Exactly, then you have gaurds who use their off hand an dn stiff arm when goin up for a layup. Banning handcheck made NBA more pussy
@@bayarea1342 u play brawl stars?
Killed the game..
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So you telling me this whole time ive been getting “fouled”??😂
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nah these rules don't apply in pickup games
Uncalled hand checks are ruining the high school game. The kids are not skilled enough to score when getting rode up the court. It gets worse when the refs won’t blow the whistle during state tournaments.
Hand checks are tough because almost always you’re damned if you do and you’re damned if you don’t.
Rule without handchecking made it easy for lebron to attack the rim. Since lebron is a bad shooter.
Ha. Thanks for watching.
Excellent review of a difficult concept. I called a Hand check on a player who held her hand on a driving ball handler as she drove in to attempt a layup. As the hand remained throughout the throwing motion, I ruled it as a shooting foul and awarded two free throws because the try missed. When I was reporting the foul, the coach told me that you can't have a hand check and still have free throws, because a hand check is never a shooting foul. How should I respond to that? "Coach, a hand check is like any other foul. If it occurs during the act of shooting, free throws are awarded"
This is a great question and one we can discuss at our next live monthly meeting on the 18th. Contact me if you need the link to participate.
there is this rule called illegal use of hand. if the guy pushes the ball handler off while attempting a shot like the one who used the upper arm on a baseline drive blocking foul can be called and works applies on shooting foul. in college it would be illegal displacement i believe.
hand check is different from pushing/displacement and has always been illegal even in 90's nba and very often modern viewers mix them up thinking pushing is part of handchecking.
Personally, I think the Arm Bar should be legal. Still allows for defensive contact without allowing for the full strength of an extended arm or strong hands. Especially in the post. Wtf is a post defender supposed to do? A skilled and aggressive offensive post player has a significant advantage based on balance and gravity alone.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
I agree.
Be tall
A defender in the post can put a bent elbow on the back of an offensive player as long as they are holding legal guarding position. The vast majority of hand checking fouls occur off the drive when a defender gets beat and wants to recover.
Agreed a yr later
This made basketball soft. You need to play defense with your feet, but contact should be allowed.
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It's the new snowflake bubblewrap crybaby basketball. No wonder players can score "at will"
Hmmmm….
0:24 ball handler with an obvious shoveoff/illegal arm bar and ref calls a block
Ha. Yes, you are correct.
Wait are you saying an arm bar by a defender on a post player for s a foul?
An extended arm bar.
I'm confused. I swear i see these plays a lot(at least in the nba) especially the arm bar. I guess I'm confused at what contact is allowed with hands because in terms of steals a lot of players put one hand on players back and then uses the other hand to steal
The NBA has a lot of differences in rules and allowances of contact. That said, even at the high school level where these types of contact are fouls, many times they don't get called. That doesn't make them legal, however.
Im glad you commented tht. You literally prove my point why handcheck should be allowed. Like come on, i cant even touch the ball handler when this is a physical game and on top of tht a lot of players dn stiff arm you when goin for a layup. Handchecking should be allowed, simple.
@@bayarea1342 the way i learned is that you can’t keep your hand on the other person.. but you can touch them
they shouldn’t have removed hand checking at all.. maybe in some ways but other wise it’s stupid as hell to not have it
@@sh-cru1047 right
Thank you this is very helpful! Still confused about what should be called, "Hand Check" or "Illegal Use of Hands?" And I see many high school officials use an extended 2 hands signal to call two hands on a player, and that signal is not in the NFHS Rules Book unless for a Push.
Hand checks should be called when appropriate. If you use a different signal, such as illegal use of hands or hold, it gives the wrong impression to the fouling team. Letting everyone know you called a handcheck by using that signal will hopefully clean up those fouls. Two hands extended reflect a two hand, hand check is growing in popularity amongst the officiating community. However, until the IHSA adds this as an approved signal, we should try to use the approved hand check already in the book. Thanks for your comments.
Thank you for this really made it more clear for me.
You’re welcome
At 2x speed, this guy talks at about human speed. Interesting video though. Although, it does remind me of how soft basketball is compared to hockey.
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I do a lot of preventative officiating early on in a game by talking to a player during the action. Give them a chance to correct it before calling it. You could call this everytime, every possession.
Preventative officiating is great, just be careful not to go too far and turn into coaching the players. Thanks for your input.
@Officials Institute I mostly do this on lower level games. But I am capable of deciminating how far to go.
These defenders are the reason i dont ever want to play basketball or ref its just like driving everyones breaking the law
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Is the arm bar foul considered a foul when there is no ball in hand?
Hand check fouls are only fouls on a ball handler.
I like your logo. Thanks for explaining the nitty gritty.
Thank you. And your welcome.
Wtf the intro is trash. Was this made on a Windows 95?
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So can you use one hand for a second???
By rule there does not have to be any allowance of time or touches to call this, however, many officials will allow a “hot stove” touch before enforcing this rule.
Old school dude: "soft"
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2004 to 2023 soft era
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Do these laws apply to FIBA?
This site is specifically designed to instruct on rules in the NFHS rules book.
Unfortunately our knowledge of FIBA is ZERO, so we are unable to assist in any relevance or lack there of at that level. Sorry.
Partly, Fiba says that handcheck is a foul, when 1 or 2 hands are placed to the body and the offence player gets an disadvantage. In the postplay, 1 hand is allowed :)
Nothing wrong with handchecking, that's just defense. I guess nowdays you have to give people 2 ft space so they're always open to shoot, or if you get close, just let them blow by cuz everything is a foul.
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damn i was wondering i was getting called fouls and then i realised that i’ve watched too much 90s basketball clips
Lol. True Dat.
Damn, this whole time I've been arm baring people lol.
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How should a coach approach the situation when these are not consistently called.
I would simply ask the official(s) to watch for the hand checks the best they can. It’s not a cure all but at the very least brings it to the forefront of an officials mind.
I thought the rule states that only an “extended arm bar” is a foul?
Yes, an extended arm bar is correct.
Players carry and can use their off arm offensively. How the hell you gon stop them if defenders can’t touch em up a little bit. Shxt is crazy
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@@OfficialsInstitute now your video was spot on in just saying the league gotta do better and enforce things on offense lol. So unfair to guard these players in todays game. Great video coach
Try enforce this in street ball. No shot.
Try to enforce a charge in street ball. HAHA
1st clip about 2 hands check, what is the proper mechanic?
All hand check fouls are performed by using signal 32 in the NFHS rules book, regardless of the number of hands or arm bar used.
The last clip, did #15 travel?
Yes he did. Good eye.
When did this rules started?
in the 2015-2016 season the NFHA indicated the acts against the ball handler/dribbler that are illegal.
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You sir, saved my day!!!
Glad I could help!
thanks
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so how do u do it correctly?
How do you do what correctly, specifically?
@@OfficialsInstitute how can we apply these without fouling? Show us what's legal on defense so we understand these rules thoroughly.
@@bkstran2806 move your feet and hips first to keep up as a defender. If you want to hip check or arm bar that should be a last resort but make it as subtle as possible by being as close to the ball handler as possible and don’t do it on every play. I never got called for doing it this way. (And only use one hand not 2)
Hm... Still interested in hand checking (from D) and Rip through (from Attacker).
Cause I thought that you can hand check if you are not limiting the player's movement or shooting ability.
Like if the player doing Rip through, and stays in place. It shouldn't be illegal contact by the defender.
But if the Attacker does the Rip through and then tries to run, or shoot that could be interpreted as a foul call.
The NFHS has made hand checking a point of interest for the 22/23 season. Why? Because allowing hand checks can lead to rougher play. It's less about the hand check now, and more about setting a tone of what the contact could turn into later.
Becuase its unfair to not be hand check if your oponent is bigger than you . When i play in elementary 2016 the ref never called a hand check
Size should not be a factor when determining what a player is allowed or not allowed to do.
That's why the D nowadays are lame. Non sense rules
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This is one of the best explanations of handchecking. Handchecks are used by those who lack the ability to play defense. I have always been that short, explosive player on the court and slower defender, and big men use the hand checks to keep from getting blown by. I usually call the fouls and often slap their hands when the place them on me and let it be known that if you can guard me just admit it like a man and stop cheating.
Glad you liked it. And you’re points are spot on. Thanks for sharing.
You gotta use your off arm and their hand check against them. All the best players know how to play against hand check
This shit is bs u can't touch the other guy cause it's a foul you should at least be like the old days 90s 2000s
If ur explosive hand checks rnt that hard to go past what’s funny is that if there were no hand checks it’d be too easy to dribble past anyone
Lmfao no its not and the same can be said on the offensive player being you must not be skilled enough to get past the hand check. I swear to God your the most annoying type of players to go against you literally cry about everything being a foul lmfao I can't even lay a hand anymore on the back of my opponent on the way to the basket to steady myself without it being a foul now if it's hard push offs and hitting of the arms that's different. Maybe watch some Allen Iverson film ect and even majority of current and used to be fans admit the lack of physicality and hand checking. Maybe develop more skill, learn how to reset and pull your opponent back out. It's not difficult. Wouldn't you know the player I gotta deal with lacks exactly those. Solid handles