Batting ball

[evictor24]

I think he's simply trying to ask: should there be a violation for tapping a rolling ball on the floor to speed it up, then pick it up with both hands and start dribbling?

I do not know the answer to this. Sounds like you COULD say he gained possession by tapping it in the direction and speed he wanted it to go. I would have a no call here. Sounds goofy.

[APG]

Originally Posted by evictor24

I think he's simply trying to ask: should there be a violation for tapping a rolling ball on the floor to speed it up, then pick it up with both hands and start dribbling?

I do not know the answer to this. Sounds like you COULD say he gained possession by tapping it in the direction and speed he wanted it to go. I would have a no call here. Sounds goofy.

Which I already answered...no violation. What rule did he violate? He never had player control as he wasn't holding or dribbling the ball...so you can't have an illegal dribble. You can't have traveling because he was never holding the ball.

Play on

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by evictor24

Sounds like you COULD say he gained possession by tapping it in the direction and speed he wanted it to go.

You COULD but you would be incorrect. A player gains control of the ball (possession) when he is HOLDING or DRIBBLING the ball. Tapping it is not possession.

[jlhull14]

When a ball is INTENTIONALLY tapped by a player or "rolled" along the floor it constitutes a dribble. In this case once the player tapped the ball forward he used his "dribble" to get the ball from point A of the tap to point B where he then picked it up. He can gain control but he simply canNOT dribble. He can make a pass from the spot where he picks the ball up, he obviously can pivot but he cant dribble, that would constitute a violation-Double Dribble.

[APG]

Originally Posted by jlhull14

When a ball is INTENTIONALLY tapped by a player or "rolled" along the floor it constitutes a dribble. In this case once the player tapped the ball forward he used his "dribble" to get the ball from point A of the tap to point B where he then picked it up. He can gain control but he simply canNOT dribble. He can make a pass from the spot where he picks the ball up, he obviously can pivot but he cant dribble, that would constitute a violation-Double Dribble.

Rule 4, Section 15

ART. 1 . . . A dribble is ball movement caused by a player in control who bats (intentionally strikes the ball with the hand(s)) or pushes the ball to the floor once or several times. It is not a part of a dribble when the ball touches a\ player’s own backboard.

How does one bat or push the ball to the floor when it's already on the floor?

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by jlhull14

When a ball is INTENTIONALLY tapped by a player or "rolled" along the floor it constitutes a dribble.

Incorrect.