Illegal dribble?

[mick]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Well, if either you or JAR can ever come up with a rule that's actually relevant to the original situation, be sure and let us know. You haven't come up with a definitive one yet.

Good luck with that......

4-15-4 tells us that a dribble ends when:
The dribbler catches or causes the ball to come to rest in one or both hands.
The dribbler palms/carries the ball by allowing it to come to rest in one or both hands.
The dribbler simultaneously touches the ball with both hands.
An opponent bats (intentionally strikes the ball with the hand(s)) the ball.
The ball becomes dead.

JR,
Are you having trouble reading?

Can't you see what they are saying? If the dribbler bounces the ball to defender and the defender passes the ball to a teammate, but the dribbler steals it back, the dribbler cannot dribble because the dribble never ended :

1. because the dribbler did not catch or cause the ball to come to rest;
2. because the dribbler did not palm or carry;
3. because the defender did not bat the ball.

Does that make it more clear? Yikes !!!
mick