in a game of one on one basketball if you are dribbling the ball then u stop but u are not in a shoting postion yet can u resume dribbling if any one knows please answer me

Even though there is no rational basis for my answer since you can play one-on-one under any rules you choose, I will go out on a long limb and say "no".

I will second that

I'm not sure what a "shoting postion" is, but it sounds painful. Regardless, the play you describe is illegal.

Z

This happens in 5 on 5 ball also. The idea is to not pick up your dribble untill you are ready to shoot or pass. Your situation sounds like good defense.

Stan

Throw the ball at the defenders leg and hope the ball goes out of bounds.

--Make sure you miss the middle leg.

Hitting the middle leg will guarantee that the defender will not notice that you began a new dribble. It may also allow you to make an unimpeded, quick move to the basket. ;)

Throw the ball at the basket and then run under it and put it in. Since you did not have possession of the ball, there is no traveling unless you playing NBA rules.

jking,

I would call double-dribble if the ball bounces and travelling if it doesn't, in what you described. However if you said, "Shoot the ball at the basket and hope you get the rebound." Then, I would agree.

Edit - Although I have seen a few shots that at first appeared to be mearily throwing the ball at the basket.

[Edited by SamIAm on Sep 8th, 2003 at 04:55 PM]

Who owns the basket?
 

As we have discussed here before... bouncing the ball off your own basket/backboard constitutes a shot. Doing so off your opponents constitutes the beginning of a dribble.

In the game of one-on-one, with only one basket, whose basket is it?

Maybe they were playing full court. Maybe the dribbler had a gun.

We are a very professional group aren't we? Notice how the answers we give are 'just about' as relevant as the original question. :D