This is my first time watching an entire season of varsity basketball. We go from game to game where in one a kid scores 30 driving or pulling back pushing off everytime and not once getting called for it. Next game you can't even breathe on the kid or your called for it. Same on defense w the hand checks. What is the actual rule especially on the offensive side?
What is the rule on hand checks and push offs?
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Offense initiated contact is supposed to be viewed the same as defensively initiated contact. If the offensive player uses a shoulder/arm/hand to displace a defender then it is supposed to be called against offensive player. Some officials (typically younger) are quicker to call because of the emphasis of the rule changes, while more veteran officials are likely to allow more of it.
It’s rare for that push off to be called, especially since defenders constantly put hands on the ball handler. From a ref-“one hand on, their hot. Put a hand on them again and I’m calling it. Two hands on and it’s an automatic foul”
You’re supposed to get on “distancing hand” but can’t keep it sustained in opponent. That is allowed a lot.
That should be a foul. Any hand on the opponent should be a foul. No one can tell if the defender is pushing the ball handler or not(he’s pushing) because you can’t see an extension. Defenders should work harder and get ahead of the ball handler period. This is one of the rules that has tainted the game.
A distancing hand and a sustained are not the same. You can get one hand out to show officials distance and must remove it, however teams with athletic and physical guards use it all the time to disrupt opponents and use the sustained hand "because it is not both." Also displacing players with the body because "both hands are off" is allowed a lot. There is a difference in being chest up rather than being on a player's hip and using your body to move them off spots while dribbling.
