Is this a quote from a rule/case book? If so, can you tell me where. I am familiar with the wording of 10.6.2 but was wondering if you got this from an official publication (so I could copy it!!!)

"Hand is part of the ball" is true at all levels of play in America

NFHS

4-24 Hands and Arms, Legal and Illegal Use
Art 2... It is legal use of hands to reach to block or slap the ball controlled by a dribbler or a player throwing for goal or a player holding it and accidentally hitting the hand of the opponent when it is in contact with the ball

NCAA
4-36 Hands and Arms, Use of
Art. 2. It shall be legal for a defender to accidentally hit the hand of a ballhandler when reaching to block or slap the ball when there is player control with that player’s hand in contact with the ball and when that player is:
a. A dribbler;
b. Attempting a try for field goal; or
c. Holding the ball.

NBA
Rule 12, Section B. Personal Fouls
Section I,
e. Contact which occurs on the hand of the offensive player, while that hand is in contact with the ball, is legal

Yes, I wasn't questioning the rule. I was wondering if the statement I had quoted came from an official release/interpretation because I personally liked that wording.

It's The Mythbusters List ...
 

No. I have taken it upon myself to be the "keeper" of the list of The Most Misunderstood Basketball Rules. This is one passage from that list.

I started working on this list back in March 2005, for a presentation that I was making to a college level basketball coaching class after I was asked to give a lecture on the most misunderstood basketball rules. The list has evolved many times over the years.

This is a list of high school basketball rules that are often misunderstood by coaches, players, and parents. I developed this list over the past thirty years, officiating thousands of basketball games, listening to erroneous comments from players, coaches, and mostly from fans, and thinking to myself, "I wish I could stop the game and explain the real rule to them". This list is meant to educate those players, coaches, and fans.

For example. A player is dribbling the ball in the backcourt and a fan is yelling, "Three seconds". Or, a player is inbounding the ball and a parent yells, "He's stepping on the boundary line". How many times have things like this happened to you? Don't you just want to blow the whistle, stop the game, and say, "There can't be a three second violation until the ball is in the frontcourt", or, "The player can step on the line, but not over the line".

(Note that this list is not designed to educate officials. It is not written in "officialise".)

http://forum.officiating.com/basketb...tml#post702945

Thanks! I have been a long time lurker and have read your misundersood rules list.

In the original post, that's not really a double technical foul, but just two successive techs. Double fouls are on opposing players and no shots are awarded.