Carry, or No Call?

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Imagine if A1 had actually picked up her dribble and as she started a new, illegal, dribble, B1 clips the ball while it is still touching her hand but on its downward thrust. No affect on the ball's movement.

How does an official know that the action described above is not the start of a legal bounce pass to a teammate?

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

How does an official know that the action described above is not the start of a legal bounce pass to a teammate?

How does an official know anything? You see the play and you make a judgment. Most of the time, a pass and the start of a dribble look nothing alike.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by just another ref

Most of the time, a (bounce) pass and the start of a dribble look nothing alike.

(My parenthesis above)

Aren't the start of both exactly the same, by definition? They certainly have a different ending, but I'm only talking about the start of both.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Aren't the start of both exactly the same, by definition? They certainly have a different ending, but I'm only talking about the start of both.

Hey BillyMac. This is, by far, the stupidest post, ever, in the history of Al Gore's internet. One important difference is that a player can legally lift the pivot foot at the start of a bounce pass, but cannot legally lift the pivot foot to start a dribble.