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Originally posted by APHP
If the initial touching of the ball in the case above was a controlled act--it was the beginning of a dribble. Just as if when a player who is falling out of bounds hits/bats the ball to keep it inbounds as he is falling out of bounds, he may return inbounds and continue the original dribble..but not touch the ball with both hands and begin a second dribble.
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Of course,if you deem the initial touching "control",it is the start of a dribble.That was the point of the original question by Nevada.They were wondering if they should have deemed "control"in that particular case.The answer is(as it always is)-it's completely up to the calling official's judgement as to whether the player controlled the ball to start the dribble.
That's also why your last statement above isn't necessarily valid.If a player(who hasn't dribbled)saves a ball by hitting/batting the ball back in bounds as he is falling OOB,that player can legally come back into bounds and touch/grab the ball with 2 or more hands and start a dribble--as long as you deemed that the player didn't have control when they hit/batted the ball back in bounds.