Dribbling situations

[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.