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Originally posted by Art N on 02-18-2000 09:20 PM
Todd, can his momentum let him roll once or twice? Had a kid dive, get ball, and roll once or twice from the dive. He wasn't doing it to avoid anyone... Whatcha think?
Generally , I'd say that would be a travel, but the rules are a little vague on that point. The casebook (4.42.5B) implies that a player can roll if he is still sliding, but once he stops THEN he can't roll over. I guess you have to decide if it was an unavoidable result of the dive and whether he gained an advantage from the rolling. If he does roll, I doubt you'll get any argument from calling the violation--most people seem to know he can't do that. It's the sliding part that some people still don't seem to get. Rolling once seems plausible, but TWICE seems more than his momentum would likely cause. Still your judgment on that, though.