The Most Misunderstood NFHS Basketball Rules ...

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

... if you think this is a misunderstood rule, it really is not ...

The entire paragraph is about shot attempts. Fans often yell, "Travel" in response to an airball that's grabbed by the shooter. When an airborne player keeps control of an attempted shot that is blocked, is unable to release the ball, and returns to the floor with it, fans yell "Up and down". In the situation where the defender simply touches the ball, and the airborne shooter maintains control of the ball and comes down, fans yell, "Jump ball". When a shooter loses control of the ball because of a block, and then dribbles the ball, fans yell, "Double dribble". And some players, coaches, and rookie officials make the same mistakes as fans.

Of course, those are all incorrect interpretations of the rules, thus, misunderstood rules.

And there are some nit-picking misunderstood rule language issues as well. No such thing as an "Up and down" violation, it's really a "Travel", fans yelling for "Jump balls" are really calling for a "Held balls", and a "Double dribble" is really an "Illegal dribble".