Fun With A High Dribble …

[SNIPERBBB]

Palming and carrying are simply part of the definition for when the dribble ends when the ball comes to rest in one or both hands. The two terms are only mentioned once in the rules in that context

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by SNIPERBBB

Palming and carrying are simply part of the definition for when the dribble ends ...

It looks like the IAABO "Gang of Four" co-interpreters have decided to take the NFHS "definition" one step further and differentiate between an illegal dribble palming violation and a traveling carry violation.

I really don't have a big problem with that because it reminds us that there really isn't a palming/carrying "violation", and that the violation is actually either an illegal dribble, or a travel.

The idea of differentiating between the words "palm" and "carry" just surprised me. I've always "lumped" them together, even while fully realizing that there were two "varieties" of palming/carrying.

It's really just a signal to help us to communicate more effectively.

[SNIPERBBB]

It's pedantry for the sake of pedantry.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by SNIPERBBB

It's pedantry for the sake of pedantry.

"From your lips to God's ear".

[Kansas Ref]

Often in my games when I encounter occurrences that would demand my consideration of the legality of a "high-dribbling action", it is the player/dribbler themselves that stops high-dribbling [despite no whistle] and hands the ball to me---mis-believing they've committed a violation and thereby often precluding my fair adjudication.
Now I must say that I do not then call a traveling violation while said player is politely walking the ball to me for apparently a resumption of play---hey I'm not a monster. Yet I used to at times wonder if I was perpetuating their mis-belief; however, I'm the Referee not their Coach.