Airborne Shooter purposely drops ball

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Tue Oct 22, 2013, 08:19am

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Originally Posted by BillyMac

When an airborne player tries for goal, sees that the try will be blocked, purposely drops the ball, and picks up the ball after it hits the floor, that player has traveled by starting a dribble with the pivot foot off the floor.

As stated by others... dropping the ball is not yet a travel. Dropping it and then being the first to touch it is travelling.

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