Players stepping out of the playing court while dribling

[Adam]

Originally Posted by just another ref

It also should be noted that even during an interrupted dribble, if the dribbler deliberately goes out of bounds at any point this is also a violation.

9-3-3

That rule is for leaving the playing court. I think there's a subtle distinction. If A1 steps on the line, he's OOB but I don't think he's really left the playing court. I could be wrong, but that's how I see it.