Illegal Dribble

[Hawks Coach]

Originally posted by rainmaker

It's not legal, if the first bat was the beginning of a dribble. I don't have a book reference, but I'm sure I'm right. I think it's similar to having the ball hit the body -- the player has to then let the ball hit the floor again, before touching it again with the hand.

I think that hand, body, hand (e.g., knee or thigh causing ball to bounce upwards w/o hitting floor) may be illegal, but I don't know a reference that would say this to be a fact. But hand, body, floor, hand is legal (interrupted dribble) as is hand, floor, body, hand.

And I don't have any reference that says nevada's example is illegal, but it does defy physics. You would have to push a ball to the point of releasing it from contact with the hand, then accellerate the hand faster than the ball is moving toward the floor and recontact the ball before it hits the floor - I don't really see this happening ever. I can't see how you would do it.