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Well, I'm going to push this issue a little to get some clarity. Here are some case plays I'd like some opinions on.
1) A1 is standing with the ball. A2 is standing, also. A1 passes to A2. A1 puts one hand up in the air to stop the ball, which drops to the ground then A2 catches it with two hands. A2 then releases the ball and dribbles down the floor. Legal?
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Maybe. Was it controled. If so, the subsequent dribble was illegal. If not, no violation.
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2) A2 is running down the floor, dribbling with her left hand. Bounce, bounce, bounce... now as the ball comes up after the third bounce, A2 changes direction. Her left hand receives the ball, and pushes it again to the floor, but her momentum is carrying her away from the ball, so her right hand reaches down and pushes the ball again before it hits the floor. She does this to change the direction of the ball. Legal?
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This is controversial but I say legal. The rules say the dribble ends when both hand touch it simultaneously. This was not simultaneously.
The rules also say that the ball may be batted into the air but must be allowed to hit the floor before touching it again. This was not into the air but to the floor. To understand this rule, you must go WAY back to the air dribble (which I think predates all of us).
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2b) same scenario except that as A2 changes direction, as the ball is bouncing up so to speak, her left thigh bumps the ball, which then drops again toward the floor but slightly askew. In order to maintain control, A2 reaches down with her left hand and pushes the ball to the floor to change its direction. A2's hand touches the ball between the time the ball hit the thigh, and the time it hit the floor. Legal?
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Yes.
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2c) same scenario, except that as the ball bounces off the thigh of A2, she catches it with two hands. Legal? Does she have any dribble left?
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Legal. No dribble left.
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3) A2 dribbles, bounce, bounce, as the ball is coming up from the floor, A2 bats it over the head of a defender, then on the other side, waits for it to hit the floor once before using the left hand only to continue the dribble. Legal?
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Legal. Rule reference above.
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4) A1 passes the ball to A2 who is standing, and closely guarded. A2 throws the ball over the head of the defender, runs around and begins to dribble, using only one hand, (a)before the ball hits the floor, or (b) after the ball hits the floor. legal or not?
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a) travel. The pivot foot move before the ball was release on a dribble. b) legal.
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5) A2, standing, throws the ball over the head of the defender, runs around the defender, then catches the ball using two hands before it hits the floor. Legal? Can she still dribble?
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Travel. Again, the pivot foot moved without giving up control and without a dribble.