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Originally Posted by ILMalti
In other words is it always legal to recover the ball after a muff or a fumble?
Can one use the words interchangebly (did I spell that right ?) when talking about situations?  |
The terms aren't the same and cannot be used interchangeably.
Fumble tells you that the player was holding the ball and then lost it.
Muff indicates that the ball was touched in an attempt to grab it, but that the player was unable to secure control upon touching the ball.
This has consequences for rule interpretations such as the one about traveling which I posted above.
Also, when taking a written exam from the NFHS these terms will be used as defined above and that makes a difference in how one should answer the question.