Boy, I can't say for sure that I ever saw someone try that, but if he/she did I bet I called it a double-dribble. The book isn't real clear on this point, but it does define a dribble as movement caused by a player in control who BATS or PUSHES the ball to the floor once or more. That implies to me that the ball is at least bouncing. So, if a ball that deflects off my foot bounces away, even on a low bounce, I can continue the bouncing of the ball by pushing it to the floor again. That would simply be an interrupted dribble and I would be legal. But, if the ball rolls along the floor, I'd have to say the dribble is finished because it's not bouncing any longer. After all, I can't imagine anyone calling it a dribble if someone pushes the ball along the floor without making it bounce. So, if I then tap the ball to get it bouncing again, I would consider that initiating a new dribble--violation. I could, of course, pick it up without violating.
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Tue Jun 06, 2000, 01:09pm
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