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Originally Posted by shutupneff
Imagine a play where A1 is holding the ball firmly in front of his chest. B1, while attempting to steal the ball, ends up pushing on the ball so forcefully that A1 goes straight down onto his behind. At no point does B1 have any control of the ball, and there is no tie up.
That's essentially the the type of held ball situation I was seeing, except that 95% of the time, A1 was starting to go up for a shot (in that full-bodied fling that young kids tend to use that puts the ball right in front of the defender for almost a full second).
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Two things:
1. Read 4-25-1: Opponents have their hands so firmly on the ball that control cannot be obtained without undue roughness.
Sounds a lot like the play you describe fits this description.
2. In a game involving young kids, when in doubt, held ball is not a bad option, in a lot of different situations..