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Originally Posted by CoachP
No, I just stopped there to emphasize "ball movement"....a lot of things have to happen before you can 100% prove a definition. For example, A1 passes to A2. Is it a pass or a dribble?? We don't know till the "play" is finished. If A2 catches it, it was a pass. If A2 ran away and A1 caught back up and started bouncing it, it was a dribble.
Same with my theory. A1 pushes ball to floor, lets go, ball moves, A1 picks up...end of dribble.
Or using previous post of the case book:
casebook 4.15 " It is not a dribble when a player stands still and holds the ball and touches it to the floor once or more than once"
I could use the theory that holding it does not constitute a dribble so therefore letting go does.
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No, a very small number of things have to happen. One of two possible things, in fact. Either the player bats the ball to the floor, or he pushes it to the floor.
"Ball movement" is the broad category, and is only the starting point for the definition, which further narrows which types of ball movement are considered dribbling. All dribbling is ball movement, not all ball movement is dribbling.
BTW, placing the ball on the floor still doesn't appear in my book under the definition of dribble. Am I missing a page?
