Violation or play on?

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Huh?

All the official needs to determine is whether the ball touches the floor (and that was clarified earlier in the thread). If the ball touches the floor, it's a dribble when A1 retouches the ball.

So help me out here. If A1 receives a pass, is looking for someone to pass to, and the ball slips from his hand and bounces twice 5 feet away. He takes three steps and recovers the fumble with both hands. Are you saying that he can or cannot begin a dribble at that point?

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by Ralph

So help me out here. If A1 receives a pass, is looking for someone to pass to, and the ball slips from his hand and bounces twice 5 feet away. He takes three steps and recovers the fumble with both hands. Are you saying that he can or cannot begin a dribble at that point?

In the scenario which you have just described the player is permitted to dribble without penalty.

Don't get confused by bob j's post. He was responding to my setup which had the player purposely releasing the ball rather than it slipping from his grasp. In that case, if the ball hit the floor and then he retreived it, that would constitute his dribble and he would not be permitted another one.

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

In the scenario which you have just described the player is permitted to dribble without penalty.

Don't get confused by bob j's post. He was responding to my setup which had the player purposely releasing the ball rather than it slipping from his grasp. In that case, if the ball hit the floor and then he retreived it, that would constitute his dribble and he would not be permitted another one.

Ok. Whew. Was going to have an aneurism.....