ART. 2 . . . It is legal use of hands to reach to block or slap the ball controlled by a dribbler or a
player throwing for goal or a player holding it and accidentally hitting the hand of the opponent
when it is in contact with the ball.



Definitely a rule that needs to be reworded. How do you judge whether it is accidental vs. intentional? Just bc its accidental its ok to whack a dude on the hand bc he's still touching the ball?? lol

The way i interpret this is (and this is by no means universal) whether the defender got more hand or ball. Also, did the defender hit the ball and then the hand as the ball came loose, or hit the hand and then the ball? So for me, if the contact to the hand is incidental, I'll let it go, if its the reason the ball handler or shooter lost the ball, i'm calling a foul. You can't have a game with dudes just going around chopping at dudes hands lol

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