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[mick]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

2. In the spirit of your comment about coaches not knowing the rules very well and you coming to understand that, please let me tell you that you are incorrect about your pet-peeve travel. The officials making this call are right.

4-44-5 . . . A player holding the ball:
a. May not touch the floor with a knee or any other part of the body other than hand or foot.

Of course, you are correct, Nevada.

Recently, however, I was working with an experienced official who mis-called a falling travel 3 times in one girls' game.

In all three instances, the player was fumble thumbing the ball as she went down and did not have possession until she landed and bounced once or twice times.