[Back In The Saddle]

There are usually several times each game where a player will use a bounce of the ball to secure control of it, most often when retrieving a loose ball, but sometimes when getting a handle on a bad pass too. As MTD said, there is no dribble if there is no control. Whether the player already had control during the bounce of gained control using the bounce is a judgment call. But most officials I've ever seen will err on the side of no control if in doubt.