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Originally posted by mick
Quote:
Originally posted by Bart Tyson
All conferences i work the supervisors say No player control until the player possess the ball with both hands or clearly dribbles. batting the ball to the floor to gain control is not a dribble.
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Bart,
Those must be "small-hand conferences". 
That determination reduces the need for officials to have to make the control judgement.
Do you think that is a proper application?
mick
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Like I said, these decisions on establishing player (and therefore team) control with the tap are the diciest and have inspired some great debate - Tony's favoite term, the "controlled tap!" Must start a dribble or hold the ball for there to be control. This deteermination that a tap was either a temporary hold then then throw, or the start of a dribble, are one of the most difficult to make. IMO, one should err on the side of determining that a tap does not establish team control unless it just seems so obvious you have to say it was controlled. But I know there are differences on this point and I respect those differences. Just call it consistently, and how your bosses tell you to, and we'll play by your rules!
Thu Jan 10, 2002, 10:32am
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