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Originally posted by BillyMac
Note to Jurassic Referee: Your most recent post (#6906, Ed Rush) was helpful, but please note, that thanks to your previous comments and rule citations, I have already changed #10 (Carrying) on my list so that there is no reference to the position of the hand. Your most recent post (#6906, Ed Rush) further clarified this for me.
10) (Most Recent Change) Palming or carrying is when a player gains an advantage when the ball comes to rest in the player's hand and the player either travels with the ball or dribbles a second time. There is no restriction as to how high a player may bounce the ball, provided the ball does not come to rest in a playerÂ’s hand. Steps taken during a dribble are not traveling, including several that are sometimes taken when a high dribble takes place. It is not possible for a player to travel during a dribble.
Thanks. Don't stop there. Please keep the comments coming.
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"Palming or carrying is when a player gains an advantage when the ball comes to rest in the player's hand and the player either travels with the ball or dribbles a second time."
How about palming is accelerating or decelerating the ball during a dribble with the palm rotated 90 degrees or more from the plane of the floor. (The ball coming to rest is actually a special case of this way of controlling the ball.)
Pure cross-overs and inside-out dribbles don't require the palm to be at 90 degrees, though few players show that kind of skill.
In the sense I am proposing here, 'palming' can be a violation even before it results in a travel or double dribble.