What hand checking is, is basically using your hand to impede or greatly affect the opponent’s movement towards the basket, albeit spacing, speed, rhythm, or just creating a shot.
Players in the past, mainly in the 80’s and 90’s, where superstars like Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson would creatively score via vast number of dunks and layups.
They are also good at making shots from outside, inside, anywhere, and basically, hand checking would be the primary way to stop these players, because they are usually quick, and they can outrun you if you don’t place any physical resistance on them.
When you guard an opponent, yo