Illegal Dribble?

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Once he touches the ball the dribble is no longer interrupted, and all bets are off.

Not true. A dribble is an action done by a player in control of the ball. If the dribbler loses control and then touches the ball once or more in an attempt to regain control, that player is not dribbling again and the dribble is still interrupted.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Once he touches the ball the dribble is no longer interrupted, and all bets are off.

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

Not true. A dribble is an action done by a player in control of the ball. If the dribbler loses control and then touches the ball once or more in an attempt to regain control, that player is not dribbling again and the dribble is still interrupted.

Agree. It might hit the dribbler-interrupted's leg or something in a way that is not a dribble.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

Agree. It might hit the dribbler-interrupted's leg or something in a way that is not a dribble.

Or even his hand as he slaps at the ball attempting to regain control.

[Toren]

I'm having trouble seeing how someone would involuntarily leave the floor from the play described.

Especially since he realized he was running out of real estate...this would seem to me to be exactly why you would voluntarily leave the inbounds.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Toren

I'm having trouble seeing how someone would involuntarily leave the floor from the play described.

Especially since he realized he was running out of real estate...this would seem to me to be exactly why you would voluntarily leave the inbounds.

Trying to stop. Slight bump knocks him off course. He merely steps on the line.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

A dribble is an action done by a player in control of the ball. If the dribbler loses control and then touches the ball once or more in an attempt to regain control, that player is not dribbling again and the dribble is still interrupted ...

... and if said player steps on, or over, a boundary line, then it isn't an out of bounds violation, according to 4-15-6-D (During an interrupted dribble: Out-of-bounds violation does not apply on the player involved in the interrupted dribble)?

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Once he touches the ball the dribble is no longer interrupted, and all bets are off.

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

Not true. A dribble is an action done by a player in control of the ball. If the dribbler loses control and then touches the ball once or more in an attempt to regain control, that player is not dribbling again and the dribble is still interrupted.

Once he dribbles the ball the dribble is no longer interrupted, and all bets are off.

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Once he touches the ball the dribble is no longer interrupted, and all bets are off.

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

Not true. A dribble is an action done by a player in control of the ball. If the dribbler loses control and then touches the ball once or more in an attempt to regain control, that player is not dribbling again and the dribble is still interrupted.

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Once he dribbles the ball the dribble is no longer interrupted, and all bets are off.

Nobody is disagreeing with this. But that's NOT what you wrote. Read your original post. You wrote, "Once he TOUCHES the ball..."

Touching the ball does not automatically constitute a dribble NVRef and Camron have both previously pointed this out.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

But that's NOT what you wrote. Read your original post. You wrote, "Once he TOUCHES the ball..."

Agree on the original post. Maybe you missed the title of the second post in which I stated, "Once he dribbles the ball the dribble is no longer interrupted, and all bets are off". The title: "Better ???", meaning, is the correction an improvement from the original post?

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

If the dribbler loses control and then touches the ball once or more in an attempt to regain control, that player is not dribbling again and the dribble is still interrupted ...

... and if said player, an interrupted dribbler, contacts the ball, and touches out of bounds, at the same time, that player has committed an out of bounds violation.

Are we in agreement?

[BillyMac]

Player A1, while dribbling near a sideline, touches the boundary, but not at the same time that he is touching the dribbled ball. Violation 9-3-1 Note.

Player A2, while dribbling near a sideline, bounces the ball off his foot, becomes an interrupted dribbler, and while attempting to regain control of the ball, touches a boundary, when he is not in contact with the ball. No violation 4-15-6-D.

Player A3, while dribbling near a sideline, bounces the ball off his foot, becomes an interrupted dribbler, and while attempting to regain control of the ball, touches a boundary, when he is in contact, but not in control, of the ball. Violation 9-3-2.

"By George, I think she's got it."

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Player A1, while dribbling near a sideline, touches the boundary, but not at the same time that he is touching the dribbled ball. Violation 9-3-1 Note.

Player A2, while dribbling near a sideline, bounces the ball off his foot, becomes an interrupted dribbler, and while attempting to regain control of the ball, touches a boundary, when he is not in contact with the ball. No violation 4-15-6-D.

Player A3, while dribbling near a sideline, bounces the ball off his foot, becomes an interrupted dribbler, and while attempting to regain control of the ball, touches a boundary, when he is in contact, but not in control, of the ball. Violation 9-3-2.

"By George, I think she's got it."

I concur.