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Originally Posted by just another ref
Tonight we had our rules clinic. With regard to our recent 400 page, 9,000 post
discussion, Bounce pass to self
I posed the following situation to :
Mac Chauvin
Assistant Commissioner
Coordinates Officials, Oversees all Basketball
Louisiana High School Athletic Association
A1 has used his dribble. He is guarded by B1. He forgets and pushes the ball to the floor to start another dribble. When does the violation occur?
a. When it ..............
He cut me off here. "As soon as he puts it down."
Double checking, I said, "Soon as it hits the floor?"
"Right."
"It doesn't have to touch his hand again?"
"No."
"I can quote you on this, right?"
"You can put it in the paper tomorrow." |
I hate to be the one to tell you this, but there is absolutely no rules support for your guy to say it's a violation as soon as the ball hits the floor.
You can take the strictly literal reading of the rules and argue it's a violation as soon as the ball is batted or pushed to the floor, which I think you do. Or you can take the realistic approach and wait to make sure nothing else happens before A1 touches the ball again, as most of the rest of the planet does.
But waiting for the ball to hit the floor...? Nah.