Legal? Sitting on butt an then lay down

[mick]

Originally Posted by mick

Section 44 TRAVELING

ART. 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.

I think Rule 44-5-a shows that a player (though sitting) holding the ball and then touching the player's back (not hand or foot) to the floor is a violation.

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

So if a player sitting on the floor who legally gains possession of the ball then touches the floor with his elbow, you're going to call the violation?

Shirley, I think the rule is not difficut.
"Other than hand or foot" is not a difficult concept, methinks.