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Old Mon Nov 17, 2003, 10:15am
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Originally posted by DownTownTonyBrown
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Originally posted by mick
Nope. A1 batted the ball to A2. ...A pass.
When A1 went out-of-bounds he was no longer dribbling.
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Originally posted by BBref
Hmmmm okay
Mick, the orginal scenario didn't say he batted the ball. You have added to the original scenario.

I can see your point but the dribbler would have had to obviously get rid of the dribble before he stepped OOB - either passed or obviously pushed the ball away from himself before he stepped out. Then as Tony said Hmmm okay.
A dribble is a batting/pushing of the ball to the floor.
A one-handed bounce pass, off the dribble, is the same action. Is there a further definition or qualification for that act to be a dribble or to be a pass? No.

Saving a ball near a line by batting the ball to a teammate and then stepping out-of-bounds may be construed as dribbling, or as passing ???
Are we gonna call a violation on a player because we unilaterally considered the act as being a dribble, because it meets the definition of a start of a dribble?

For consistency, such an action should not be a violation when someone else touches the ball next.

mick
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