Tripped Or Tripping ...

[Robert Goodman]

So if you gain control of the ball by diving for it and have landed with neither foot on the floor, don't you have to put at least one foot down (i.e. have some part of it touch the floor) to start a dribble?

OK, then, after doing that you could slam the ball down hard enough that it rises to give you time to stand and catch it.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

So if you gain control of the ball by diving for it and have landed with neither foot on the floor, don't you have to put at least one foot down (i.e. have some part of it touch the floor) to start a dribble?

No.

The pivot foot cannot be LIFTED before starting a dribble. If it was never on the floor, it can't be lifted.