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Originally posted by Bart Tyson
Our supervisor stated the player must catch to ball for control. We will not try to decide if it is a controled dribble.
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I agree, Bart. We DO see this happen often in a game, and the key is whether the player controlled the ball enough to be actually starting a dribble when it goes to the floor. Since few, if any, players intentionally push the ball to the floor off a pass and then grab it (thus, giving up their dribble after one bounce), I'd say they simply did not gain control of the ball until they grabbed it AFTER it bounced to the floor. Usually it's easy to see that it simply bounced off the player's hand(s) and fell to the floor. Let 'em begin a dribble, then listen for all the yells from coaches and fans who don't understand the rule. What's worse, though, is the occasional partner who will call a double-dribble when the player was in my primary, not trusting me enough to get it right.