traveling or held ball

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Judgment.

Agreed. And, 98% of the time, I'm going to judge that B did prevent the release and have a held ball. The "travelling" cases that AKOFL cited represent the other 2% of the time.

[mbyron]

The play I've seen a few times this season: A1 goes up for a shot, B1 hits the ball on the way up, A1 then releases the ball. The sequence is quite distinct.

I think A1 is trying to get a shooting foul called on this. Weird play.

[AKOFL]

The Question was for a friend. I told him I thought the difference was a touch compared to contact that was much longer. Just wanted some back up from a credible source. (I know that's pushing it) I'm going to call the held ball more than anything. My partner just couldn't see the traveling call when the defender touched the ball.