Thread: team possession
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Old Mon Feb 21, 2011, 03:19pm
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Originally Posted by stir22 View Post
say a1 and a2 are in the front court a few feet inside the division line, like six feet apart with no close defenders. a1 passes to a2, who flubs the catch, it hits his knee and the ball bounces between them.

my question is, is team control retained?

/many thanks!!
The term you mean is team control. Team control is established by a player holding or dribbling a live ball inbounds. The only way team control ends is if there's a try, the ball becomes dead, or the defense gains control of the ball.
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