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Old Sun Nov 25, 2007, 02:22pm
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Originally Posted by MJT
I know it is not a travel to dive for a ball and slide, but what about if as you are sliding you roll from your stomach to your back? We had a player do that in practice today and I don't have my book here to look it up.
If you judge that the momentum of the "slide" caused the player to roll over, then it's legal. If you judge that the player deliberately rolled over to keep the ball away from an opponent or to gain some other advantage, then it's traveling. It's a htbt judgment call iow.
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