Center Toss

[rainmaker]

Originally Posted by Old School

IIt all gets back to using the correct procedure like I said orginally. The basic theory behind the jump ball is the have the highest jumper tip the ball to a teammate. This use to be a special honor for a player. It is all about who can jump the highest. I believe that there is no one in the game of bb that will tell you, they can jump higher with 2 hands up then with 1. I also believe there is no coach that will teach the proper mechanic for the jump ball is to jump with 2 hands either. The key is to throw the ball so these jumpers will have to jump as high as they can to tip the jump ball. If you don't throw it up high enough, then I suppose a 2-hand tap will work, but that's more a poor toss. In the case of the girl protecting herself and just trying to get her hands on the ball. Poor technique if you ask me.

There's a saying in volleyball (you're the one who brought up that subject) that seems to work for this case too. Ugly ain't illegal. Bad toss? Re-do it. Poor technique, but it gets the job done? Play on!. Ugly play, that's "not basketball"? If it ain't illegal, it's play on.