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Originally Posted by DrPete
I do remember it as a violation back in the day when I played HS ball. And worked with a "veteran" official last week in an adult rec game where he called this a double dribble (player had not yet dribbled and just touched the ball to the floor with two hands and then raised up). I just cringed and spoke to him later that was ok to do that. He insisted that it was a double dribble or a travel, he wasn't sure which.
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Just because you remember it being called doesn't necessarily mean it was ever the rule. Your veteran partner is proof of that.