Slide And Get Up

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

and what you can legally do once you stop sliding: sit up if you're on your back, pass, shoot, start a dribble, or call time out.

OK - what's wrong with this list?

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

OK - what's wrong with this list?

They never learn, do they?

I have a related situation I'd like to run by you guys.

A1, while dribbling up court on fast break, gets bumped by A2 and she starts to stumble to the floor. She is able to maintain a dribble as she falls, but she lands on the ball with her right hand, pinning it to the floor. It appeared to us that this happened simutaneously to her body landing on the floor. We did not call a travelling violation. Was this correct?

If the ball was pinned prior to her body hitting the floor, then we'd have a travel...correct?

[Zoochy]

Originally Posted by Raida357

I have a related situation I'd like to run by you guys.

A1, while dribbling up court on fast break, gets bumped by A2 and she starts to stumble to the floor. She is able to maintain a dribble as she falls, but she lands on the ball with her right hand, pinning it to the floor. It appeared to us that this happened simutaneously to her body landing on the floor. We did not call a travelling violation. Was this correct?

If the ball was pinned prior to her body hitting the floor, then we'd have a travel...correct?

Pinning the ball to the floor is not considered controling the ball.
So, I do not have any violation. A1 can stand up (without the ball) and try to continue the interruped dribble or pick up the ball to end the dribble. She can actually do the same activities while on the ground.

[truerookie]

Originally Posted by Raida357

I have a related situation I'd like to run by you guys.

A1, while dribbling up court on fast break, gets bumped by A2 and she starts to stumble to the floor. She is able to maintain a dribble as she falls, but she lands on the ball with her right hand, pinning it to the floor. It appeared to us that this happened simutaneously to her body landing on the floor. We did not call a travelling violation. Was this correct?

If the ball was pinned prior to her body hitting the floor, then we'd have a travel...correct?

Why not a foul?

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by truerookie

Why not a foul?

Would you call a foul on a player for bumping into a teammate?

[refnrev]

Billy Mac, Your partner nailed that one! Straight out of the case book.