Dribble, stop, fumble, recover...

[Coltdoggs]

Help me out...was having the discussion about this and couldn't remember the quickie version...

You can Hold the ball...FUMBLE it, regain it then start a DRIBBLE, stop and FUMBLE it but you can not:

Start a DRIBBLE, stop and FUMBLE, then start DRIBBLE again...is that right?

Me and my crew were debating this on over the weekend and I remember somebody posting something along those lines at one time or another...

[jdw3018]

You have it correct.

[crazy voyager]

Fumbles can only be made in the start and end of a dribble, if you dribble-fumble-dribble it is illegal
so you are correct

[just another ref]

Look at it this way. The fumble and the dribble have nothing to do with each other. Leave the fumble out of the series of events. Legal without it=Legal with it.

[BillyMac]

During a fumble the player is not in control of the ball, and therefore, cannot be called for a traveling violation. A fumble is the accidental loss of player control when the ball is unintentionally dropped or slips from a player’s grasp. After a player has ended a dribble and fumbled the ball, that player may recover the ball without violating. Any steps taken during the recovery of a fumble are not traveling, regardless of how far the ball goes and the amount of advantage that is gained. It is always legal to recover a fumble, even at the end of a dribble, however that player cannot begin a new dribble, which would be a illegal dribble violation. A player who fumbles the ball when receiving a pass may legally start a dribble.