Q from a 1st year: Control?

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by rainmaker

That's what I was thinking. Completely avoids the problem of player control.

Yep.

[ca_rumperee]

Back in the day, Celtics are playing. Someone drives the lane, but Russell swats the ball out towards Satch Sanders. Russell's 'controlled' rejection toward a teammate was common.

In the play I described, our denying defender clearly 'controlled' the ball (in the Bill Russell sense), but did not 'control' the ball in the rule book sense.

Word.

[BktBallRef]

Exactly. He can't "control" it to a teamamte. He has to gain player control himself to end team control for the opponent.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

Exactly. He can't "control" it to a teamamte. He has to gain player control himself to end team control for the opponent.

He can "direct" it to a teammate. That's the word that I would pick.

[cdaref]

Nice to see first years thinking through this stuff.

Spend some time with player and team control--when they start and end. That will really help you. 4-12 is a good start.

Good luck with the rest of your first campaign!