[mick]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

Look, if simply applying a downward force met the definition of "pushing the ball to the floor", then holding the ball and touching to the floor would be a dribble, wouldn't it? You're pushing the ball to the floor, and the ball strikes the floor. That's got to be a dribble. But the rules specifically tell us it's not. So your version of "pushing" doesn't meet the requirement of a dribble.

...Rhetoric, Scrapper1.

Please explain the requirement of holding the ball versus not holding the ball in the sitch.