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Old Tue Sep 06, 2011, 09:22am
Lighten up, Francis.
 
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Originally Posted by just another ref View Post
This has been debated at length before. Nearly everyone disagreed with me.
(imagine that) Read the definition of a dribble.


".....when a player pushes the ball to the floor...."

No subsequent touch is mentioned in the definition.
The problem with that interpretation (as I'm sure you know from previous discussions ) is that a bounce pass also fits that definition.

A dribble and a bounce pass can both be started exactly the same way: by pushing or batting the ball to the floor. You don't know which one it is until the ball is touched again. A bounce pass is next touched by a teammate; a dribble is next touched by the dribbler.

So while there is no question that the player has pushed the ball to the floor in each case, the official doesn't know whether it's a dribble or a pass until the ball is touched again.
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