Blowout Officiating

[Gary Brendemuehl]

Originally posted by rainmaker
What I'm calling "steering" is a carry in the sense that the hand does not hit, throw or bat the ball down, but sort of guides it along with the amount of contact being too long to be legal.

4-15-1 also includes the word "push" in addition to bat and strikes. The only time the "amount of contact is too long to be legal" is when the ball comes to rest in one or both hands.

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Although it's more difficult to "steer" than to carry with the hand under the ball, it still happens. The most obvious move that utilizes "steering" is the spin move where the ball moves around the body, propelled by a hand on the side. [Quote}

Acutally it's not more difficult and it happens all the time. You "steer" the ball going behind the back, between the legs, when crossing over, and even when dribbling straight forward. Nothing illegal about any of this.

Even if the hand never slides down to that certain angle under the ball, it's still a carry.

Nonsense! Unless the dribbler palms (grabs it with one hand) or turns the hand past vertical, the ball can not come to rest in the hand. If so, then what force is counteracting the force of gravity?