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Originally Posted by btwong
that seems sort of wierd to me.
so you can dribble up the court, and when the opposition comes to defend, you can hit/bat the ball over their head, wait for the bounce, and without catching, continue to dribble? That would seem like a carry as well as a travel to me. And thats something i have never seen in a game!  |
Yep, fully and completely legal....but unlikely that you'll ever see it.
This particular action goes back a loooonng way. The original dribble was not like we know it today. At one time the dribble was executed by tapping the ball up in the air repeatedly without it ever touching the ground. This form of dribbling grew out of the original rules that only prohibited running while holding the ball. It has been called an air dribble. This was deemed to be to much of an advantage so the rules were changed to say that the ball must be allowed to touch the floor between dribbles. The direction of the dribble is not restricted, only that it touch the floor.
A carry is NOT about the position of the hand relative to the ball but about what the hand actually does with the ball when in contact. Batting it upwards is not a carry because the ball is never caught (it does not come to rest).
It is also not a travel since traveling can only occur while holding the ball in all but one case (not this one).