?? back court violation

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

4-15-1: A dribble is ball movement caused by a player in control who bats (intentionally strikes the ball with the hand) or pushes the ball to the floor once or several times.

Questions? Do you have to have control first to start a dribble with a bat? Or does the bat to start a dribble establish control? Someone passes him the ball and instead of catching it, he bats it to the floor? Can you bat a ball into the air to start a dribble? How does one distinguish a bat into the air that is a dribble, versus a bat into the air that's a shot, versus a bat into the air that's a pass, like maybe a pass into the backcourt? Does one have to read minds to determine intent?

Hey guys? These were not rhetorical questions. Is this microphone working?

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Hey guys? These were not rhetorical questions. Is this microphone working?

You're not normally judging intent, but outcomes. Often you cannot determine if it is a dribble until you see what happens next. If he bats the ball to the floor, then continues dribbling...it was the start of a dribble. If he bats it to the floor, then grabs it off the bounce...it was not the start of a dribble. If he bats the ball into the air, lets it hit the ground, then continues dribbling...it was the start of a dribble. etc.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle

You're not normally judging intent, but outcomes. Often you cannot determine if it is a dribble until you see what happens next. If he bats the ball to the floor, then continues dribbling...it was the start of a dribble. If he bats it to the floor, then grabs it off the bounce...it was not the start of a dribble. If he bats the ball into the air, lets it hit the ground, then continues dribbling...it was the start of a dribble. etc.

And if he batts or taps the ball to another player or himself in the air, then that's a batt or tap without player control if you judge the ball never came to rest in the batter/tapper's hand(s) during the batt/tap.

And so it is written; and so it shall be.

Now quit using common sense. You're confusing Billy.