Dribbling situations

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

Second, based upon your description of the play I would not rule an illegal dribble by A2. Why? A player must have established player control before said player can start to dribble the ball.

Mark, I agree with your conclusion, but I disagree with this portion. A player does not need to hold the ball before he can start dribbling. Imagine this scenario where, instead of grabbing it after he slaps it, he keeps slapping it towards the floor. That's a dribble, but he never held it (this happens all the time.)

So, the question is, at what point do you consider a player to have established control by dribbling even though he never held the ball?

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

So, the question is, at what point do you consider a player to have established control by dribbling even though he never held the ball?

Judgment.

[Adam]

I knew I should have trademarked that.

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Mark, I agree with your conclusion, but I disagree with this portion. A player does not need to hold the ball before he can start dribbling. Imagine this scenario where, instead of grabbing it after he slaps it, he keeps slapping it towards the floor. That's a dribble, but he never held it (this happens all the time.)

So, the question is, at what point do you consider a player to have established control by dribbling even though he never held the ball?

That's where you have to decide when control is gained. Usually, I'm not going to call one bat a dribble.

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Mark, I agree with your conclusion, but I disagree with this portion. A player does not need to hold the ball before he can start dribbling. Imagine this scenario where, instead of grabbing it after he slaps it, he keeps slapping it towards the floor. That's a dribble, but he never held it (this happens all the time.)

So, the question is, at what point do you consider a player to have established control by dribbling even though he never held the ball?

Snaqs:

One obvious situation is when the player's hands are so big the basketball looks like a tennis ball in his hands, . But I understand, what you are saying. I am speaking in general terms. The situations about which you are attempting to describe are the HTBT type and that is why we are paid the big bucks ($'s) to make those decisions.

MTD, Sr.


P.S. What Tony just said before me.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

Snaqs:

One obvious situation is when the player's hands are so big the basketball looks like a tennis ball in his hands, . But I understand, what you are saying. I am speaking in general terms. The situations about which you are attempting to describe are the HTBT type and that is why we are paid the big bucks ($'s) to make those decisions.

MTD, Sr.


P.S. What Tony just said before me.

Yeah, I agree with Bob.