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Originally posted by ChuckElias
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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
Can't the palm be also face-up and in contact with the ball moving horizontally when the dribbler taps or tips the ball sideways?
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If you're talking about a tap or bat, then I'll agree with you. I took "Hard" to be talking about a dribble, which is where palming is always called. I will agree with you that a bat will not be palming, even if the palm is facing upward. However, I will remain adamant that if "Hard"'s description occurs during a dribble, it's an easy violation.
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The direction of the palm and the location of the hand with respect to the ball may be clues about palming but alone they are insufficient to determine if it is palming.
A player may bat the ball during a dribble just as at any other time. They may do so with the palm upward and the hand beneath the ball. All legal. The only restriction is that, if batted upward (which can only be done with the hand below), the ball must be allowed to touch the floor before the dribbler can contact it again. If they briefly catch it instead of batting it, it turns into palming.