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Old Mon Feb 16, 2004, 05:51pm
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Just because I know y'all will set me straight, tell me if I'm reading the rule correctly and applying it correctly:

1-Player with basketball goes down to his/her knees while holding ball. TRAVELING (Rule 4-43 Article 5: "A player holding the ball may not touch the floor with a knee or any other part of the body other than hand or foot.")

2-Same player goes to knees but continues to dribble. NOT TRAVELING. (One of the fundamentals is that it's impossible to travel during a dribble)

3-Player already on his or her knees because of a scramble for the ball comes into possession of the ball. NOT TRAVELING as long as he/she doesn't attempt to stand up. They can pass or shoot from their knees, but if they attempt to get up, it's a travel, right?

4-Player dives on floor (along with others) and gains possession of the ball. NOT TRAVELING unless the player rolls away from a defender, right? They can pass or (though it's logistically unlikely) shoot, or call time out, as long as they don't roll away from a defender. Or is it just rolling in general?

Thanks. Sorry for those of you for whom these are obvious.
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Old Mon Feb 16, 2004, 06:11pm
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1-Player with basketball goes down to his/her knees while holding ball. TRAVELING (Rule 4-43 Article 5: "A player holding the ball may not touch the floor with a knee or any other part of the body other than hand or foot.")
Correct.

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2-Same player goes to knees but continues to dribble. NOT TRAVELING. (One of the fundamentals is that it's impossible to travel during a dribble)
Could even be a different player!

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3-Player already on his or her knees because of a scramble for the ball comes into possession of the ball. NOT TRAVELING as long as he/she doesn't attempt to stand up. They can pass or shoot from their knees, but if they attempt to get up, it's a travel, right?
They can start a dribble from their position on the floor, and then attempt to get up, that's legal.

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4-Player dives on floor (along with others) and gains possession of the ball. NOT TRAVELING unless the player rolls away from a defender, right? They can pass or (though it's logistically unlikely) shoot, or call time out, as long as they don't roll away from a defender. Or is it just rolling in general?
Rolling in general, unless it's just rolling from the momentum, which incidentally we don't all agree about.
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Old Mon Feb 16, 2004, 06:50pm
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Excellent question for a rook to ask O&B...I wish I had asked the same question in the same manner two seasons ago when I got started. Now in my third season I got sit 3 wrong a few weeks or so ago. I didn't see the player begin a dribble while getting up and quickly whistled a travel. Boy, did I get fussed at.

Now, let's all argue about momentum......and how much movement constitutes rolling..... what if momentum causes the roll?
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Old Mon Feb 16, 2004, 08:00pm
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Also, another good one, player goes up for rebound, lands on his feet, then falls on his a$$. Always a travel.
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Old Fri Feb 20, 2004, 06:15am
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Also, another good one, player goes up for rebound, lands on his feet, then falls on his a$$. Always a travel.
Actually, he doesn't even have to land on his feet first. If he jumps, catches the ball while in the air, and then lands on anything but his hands and feet, it is a travel.
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Old Fri Feb 20, 2004, 11:03am
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Unless he gets rid of the ball on the way down, right?
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Old Fri Feb 20, 2004, 02:56pm
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Air travel!

You can travel all you want in the air as long as you don't run into someone or something! There are no frequent flier miles that can awarded!
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