effecting the outcome

[Mark Dexter]

Originally posted by APHP
Please set aside the situation above for a moment. Answer this quesiton: if you pass to a teammate and s/he tips/taps the ball giving it DIRECTION, is this not the start of a dribble.

Not necessarily. Any touching of/by the ball will impart a direction to the flight of the ball. It doesn't mean that the player has control and it doesn't mean that a dribble has necessarily started.