Bone head play's revisited

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by CK

MISSES EVERYTHING
Attempt before dribble and caught before hitting court TRAVELLING

HITS BACKBOARD

Starts a dribble and stops, then hits backboard on erroneous try. DOUBLE DRIBBLE (Wrong Basket is part of the dribble)


PLEASE CORRECT If Incorrect

CK

You have a very solid understanding of these situations.

I would only make two comments.

In the first situation, the NFHS ruling used to be "illegal dribble," but it was changed in the Case Book a couple of years ago to "traveling." Many here believe that was a poor change as the traveling rule specifies "while holding the ball."

In the second situation, note that there is a difference between the ball striking the backboard or the basket. The rule (4-4-5) only mentions the ball striking the backboard, not the basket. So technically, you should write "(Wrong backboard is part of the dribble)."

PS Illegal dribble is the proper term for what is commonly called a double dribble.