Inadvertent Kick on Throw In

[bainsey]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Nope, you consider it the same as the thrower dribbling the ball OOB. Would you call an illegal second dribble on a thrower if they dribbled the ball, caught it and dribbled it again?

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

WHAT??? Intentionally kicking the ball is NOT a violation???

This sounds to me like a question of player/team control.

There must be control in order for a travel or illegal dribble violation to occur. Must there also be control for a kick violation?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by bainsey

This sounds to me like a question of player/team control.

There must be control in order for a travel or illegal dribble violation to occur. Must there also be control for a kick violation?

While there certainly must be control for those two, that's not the answer for a couple of reasons.

First of all, in NCAA there is control during a throw in.
Second, there's control during a free throw.
Third, the rule doesn't tie this to control anywhere.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by bainsey

There must be control in order for a travel or illegal dribble violation to occur. Must there also be control for a kick violation?

No.