Held ball vs. Traveling

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Originally Posted by RookieDude

4.25.2 vs. 4.44.3 Sit A

A few officials around here are having a pretty good discussion about how an official can judge:

"preventing a player from releasing the ball" vs. "does not prevent a player from releasing the ball".

Some are saying that the defender has to have contact with the ball all the way to the floor to "prevent a try for goal or pass".

Would any of you like to give some examples to make it clearer for an official to judge such acts?

Or is it simply a matter of "that's why we get the big bucks" ?

If the defender prevents him from releasing the shot, then I have a held ball.