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I know this has been discussed before, but I have slept since then, so........Boys varsity, A1 headed up the court against heavy pressure. He loses his footing while dribbling, and falls on the ball, which rolls between his feet. B1 grabs the ball in both hands, A1 clamps his feet together around the ball, and it is definitely, very briefly, held firmly by both players. I whistled a held ball and wouldn't have thought much about it, but B coach, as coaches will do, disagreed. "That ain't right! He can't have possession with his feet!" Definition backs him up: "Opponents have their hands so firmly on the ball...." BUT, I'm sure I have called held ball many times when one player actually had the ball under his arm or somewhere other than "firmly in his hands" so what is the deal here?
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