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If It's Not Legal, It's Illegal ...
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Originally Posted by Nevadaref
The ball must contact the floor to be a legal dribble. If it doesn't, then it is an illegal dribble.
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Doesn't the chicken have to lay an egg before the egg can be deemed illegal? Doesn't it have to be a dribble for it to be an illegal dribble? For a player to dribble illegally, doesn't he have to dribble? He can't be illegally dribbling when he's not dribbling? Maybe he's doing something else? Right?
I see Nevadaref's point (and may actually agree with him) but wish the NFHS rule language made this more clear.
Rule 9 Section 5 Illegal Dribble
A player shall not dribble a second time after his/her first dribble has ended,
unless it is after he/she has lost control because of:
ART. 1 A try for field goal.
ART. 2 A touch by an opponent.
ART. 3 A pass or fumble which has then touched, or been touched by,
another player.
And, of course, there's always that quote from that ancient basketball clinician, Confucius:
If it's not illegal, it's legal.
Nevadaref, another ancient basketball clinician, seems to be saying:
If it's not legal, it's illegal.
How can one argue with that logic?
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Originally Posted by Nevadaref
Now go look up the old "air-dribble" which the NFHS banned decades ago.
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Last edited by BillyMac; Mon Jul 09, 2018 at 06:12am.
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