Case 4-15-4

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NF Case 4-15-4-D-d – While dribbling A1 fumbles the ball so that A1 must run to recover it.

And to rewrite it inserting the definition of a fumble it could read: While dribbling A1 grasps the ball ending the dribble. It then accidentally slips from his grasp and bounces away so that A1 must run to recover it.

Ruling: They have it as legal except that he can't dribble again.

So if correct this isn’t a travel because you can only travel while holding a ball. And he's not holding it when he’s running to to go pick it up.

But he’s obviously picked up both feet and put them back down, possible even more than once, in order to go recover the ball. And one of them could have been established as a pivot foot. So I’m just trying to clarify and make sure I understand why this wouldn’t be a travel. Seems like it should be but I guess it’s not simply because he’s not holding the ball while running after it?