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Rule 4-25-2 A held ball occurs when an opponent places his/her hand(s) on the ball and prevents an airborne player from throwing the ball or releasing it on a try.
Okay, so, I had a partner in this last spring league who kept calling held balls that I would have ruled, "close but no cigar." Either the shooter's feet were still on the floor, or the shooter dropped the ball, or the cap happened just as the shot left the shooter's hand, and was actually a blocked shot that got batted down. I worked several games with this guy over the course of four weeks, and I saw each of these situations mis-called in this way. It brought to mind these questions:
For a player to be airborne, do the feet have to be completely off the floor? I mean, tiptoe isn't high enough, is it?
The ball-handler has to retain control at least for some fraction of time, doesn't he/she? Theoretically, if the shooter saw it coming, couldn't she release the ball as the defender touched it, and then retrieve it?
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Sat May 05, 2001, 02:25am
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