bat the ball repeatedly to the air

[BktBallRef]

Originally posted by ysong
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How we "stop him" is simple: his coach will eventually jump off the bench and yell at him to stop f***ing around, which will startle him into actually grabbing the ball, at which point the coach will call time & sub him out of the game.

That's how we "stop him". [/B][/QUOTE]

So you do not believe there are any *rules* to stop this kind of play at all? [/B][/QUOTE]

There's no need to stop it. The play is legal.