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Originally Posted by Snaqwells
I just caught this, but whether the ball hits the floor shouldn't be relevant. If you're going to call a violation before it touches the "dribbler," you would need to call it before it hits the floor. IOW, if he attempts to dribble, and pushes the ball towards the floor only to have it kicked by the defense before it hits the floor, you'd need to call the illegal dribble violation and give the ball to the defense.
Right?
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Nope, the definition of a dribble (4-15-1), which this action has to meet in order to be illegal, says "...or pushes the ball
to the floor once or several times."
It doesn't say "
towards the floor", it says "
to the floor." So if the ball doesn't get there, then the action is not a dribble.