loose ball slide

[rainmaker]

Originally posted by Redhouse
At what point do you call a travel when players are hustling after a loose ball and gain possession and then slide along the floor with the ball. This happened in a GV game and the players were hustling for the ball and she slide a little after she obtained possession. Do you normally give them a couple of feet to slide. Is this in the rule, anything about momentum?

If she's on her feet, and gains player control (holding the ball), and then slides ON HER FEET, it's a travel. If she's down on the floor and it's her body that slides, it's legal, as long as she doesn't roll, and as long as she doesn't try to get up without starting a dribble first.