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[blindzebra]

Originally posted by ysong
I have a rather simple question about dribbling too regard "steps".

if a fast moving dribbler, while keep his/her hand on top of the ball (hand facing mostly downward, less than or around 90 degree), manages to run more than 2 steps with the ball still in contact with that hand, before the ball leaves the hand and bounce again, the dribbler does not violate any dribble rules, is that right?

the assumption is that the dribbler does not "palm" the ball (hold it with fingers).

Thanks.

ysong

There is a rhythm to a dribble, the number of steps between bounces does not matter, what matters is the spaces between the bounces while the ball is on the hand.

If a player is dribbling bounce...bounce...bounce...bounce and suddenly you have bounce............bounce something probably happened involving stopping the dribble. A carry or double dribble has likely occured.

Remember the basketball fundamental, you can't travel during a dribble.