Continuous Motion/Gathering Ball

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by CDurham

Had a situation tonight in a JV Boys Game. I'm in the Lead position and A1 has the ball just inside the free throw line. He is dribbling parallel to the baseline and towards table side. He gathers the ball and goes up into the air. Where he was whacked. I went up with 2 shots. The coach of course wanted "on the floor" as he was dribbling towards the sideline. However, in my opinion he gathered the ball and started to turn in what I thought was a shooting motion. Sort of like a Kobe Bryant fade away.
- What do you guys see in this? Correct call?

Good job. Shoot two free throws.

MTD, Sr.

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Originally Posted by CDurham View Post
Had a situation tonight in a JV Boys Game. I'm in the Lead position and A1 has the ball just inside the free throw line. He is dribbling parallel to the baseline and towards table side. He gathers the ball and goes up into the air. Where he was whacked. I went up with 2 shots. The coach of course wanted "on the floor" as he was dribbling towards the sideline. However, in my opinion he gathered the ball and started to turn in what I thought was a shooting motion. Sort of like a Kobe Bryant fade away.
- What do you guys see in this? Correct call?

From how it is described and how I picture it in my mind I would say you made the right call. It is different than the norm, but not uncommon especially with an advanced player, faking out an opponent is a great part of basketball. Sounds like he faked out the coach too by turning in air to shoot!