Palming the Basketball

[Mike Burns]

gabel

Palming!? In a 10u game?!?! You have to be kidding me! I have never seen that!
As a point of reference, the case book has a play that resembles what you describe. Maybe someone else can give a better example but here is my 2cents.

Case book play 4.15.4 SITUATION A: As dribbler A1 attempts to change ditections to avoid contact with guard B1, he/she allows the ball to come to rest in one hand in bringing the ball from the right to the left side of the body. A1 pushes the ball to the floor in an attempt to continue the dribble. RULING: When A1 palmed/carried the ball, the dribbled ended and when he/she pushed the ball to the floor a violation occured.

Note that in this play the hand could still be located relatively on top of the ball.

A palming violation occurs anytime the ball "comes to rest" durring a dribble and then the player attempts to continue the dribble. In fact, last year's rule book had palming as a point of emphasis and clearly stated that the palm need not be pointing skyward for this violation to occur. It went on to say that this was esspecially a problem with the "hesitation dribble".

Now lets see what others will say. If I remember correctly, Rainmaker has had a few interesting posts on palming the ball.

Mike