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Old Sat Dec 27, 2014, 02:38am
Rob1968 Rob1968 is offline
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Originally Posted by AremRed View Post
The key in the rules is control; I'm not gonna consider the player to be in control until he grasps the ball with both hands and then begins a dribble.
Please, remember that it is possible, to hold/control the ball with one hand. And 4-12-1 makes no rule stipulation that holding a live ball must be with both hands.

(I often catch the ball and hold it with one hand when a player passes it to me, to administer a throw-in, or free throw.)
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