Double Dribbling

[glbells]

If a player passes the ball to another player and that player fails to catch it cleanly and knocks it to the floor with one hand and then catches it.....can he start dribbling.....or bobbles the pass and finally traps it to the floor with both hands .......can he pick it up start dribbling.....

thanks gb

[rlarry]

In the 2 situations you describe, I would say yes they can. They need to exhibit control of the ball (holding or dribbling) before it can be deemed a dribble.

[mbyron]

Yes, legal.

[BillyMac]

During a fumble the player is not in control of the ball, and therefore, cannot be called for a traveling violation. A fumble is the accidental loss of player control when the ball is unintentionally dropped or slips from a player’s grasp. After a player has ended a dribble and fumbled the ball, that player may recover the ball without violating. Any steps taken during the recovery of a fumble are not traveling, regardless of how far the ball goes and the amount of advantage that is gained. It is always legal to recover a fumble, even at the end of a dribble, however that player cannot begin a new dribble, which would be an illegal dribble violation. A player who fumbles the ball when receiving a pass may legally start a dribble.

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by glbells

If a player passes the ball to another player and that player fails to catch it cleanly and knocks it to the floor with one hand and then catches it.....can he start dribbling.....or bobbles the pass and finally traps it to the floor with both hands .......can he pick it up start dribbling.....

thanks gb

You can fumble all you want without it restricting anything else you can do.

The crutch is ensuring that the official deems your act to be a fumble. So fake fumbles may be suspect.

In your plays, no violation in either case.