The "Carry" are we all calling it the same?

[paulis]

It is not a requirement that the back of the hand be facing the floor for a carry to occur. That is a no-brainer. It is when the dribbler is manipulating the ball without actually having his/her hand underneath the ball where some of us are not making the correct carrying the ball call. In my pre-game I like to emphasize that if it is close and early in the game, it is a carry. The problem tends to go away by getting the border line call in this way.