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Originally posted by Mark Dexter

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Originally posted by dblref
I was thinking this because in NF, the hand is considered part of ball per the rules.

Really?

So if a player is holding the ball with his palm facing up, and touches the back of his hand to the playing court, is that dribbling?

It's not even a dribble if that player is holding the ball with his hand on top of the ball touches the ball to the floor.

Effectively, for the purposes of fouls, the hand is part of the ball when the ball it touching the hand.

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Originally posted by Jay R
I had a play recently where a player pushed off the defender with the ball. I called it a PC foul. It never occured to me that it was not possible.

Oh, but it is.

Rule 4-something
d. The player with the ball may not push the torso of the guard to gain an advantage to pass, shoot or dribble.

It says nothing about what is or is not used to push the guard. Even if you don't agree, I think you'll agree that it is not legal to force an opponent off a legally obtained spot by force.