Sun Jan 03, 2010, 03:17pm
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In Memoriam
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Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: Houghton, U.P., Michigan
Posts: 9,953
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Originally Posted by mick
Section 44 TRAVELING
ART. 5 . . .
A player holding the ball:
a. May not touch the floor with a knee or any other part of the body other than
hand or foot.
I think Rule 44-5-a shows that a player (though sitting) holding the ball and then touching the player's back (not hand or foot) to the floor is a violation. |
Quote:
Originally Posted by Snaqwells
So if a player sitting on the floor who legally gains possession of the ball then touches the floor with his elbow, you're going to call the violation?
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Shirley, I think the rule is not difficut.
"Other than hand or foot" is not a difficult concept, methinks.
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