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Forum: Basketball Mon Jul 29, 2013, 06:20am

Replies: 63 Ball comes in contact with both hands while dribbling Views: 5,816 Posted By BillyMac Great Citation ... A ball which touches the front face or edges of the backboard is treated the same as touching the floor inbounds, except that when the ball touches the thrower’s backboard, it does not constitute a...

Forum: Basketball Sun Jul 28, 2013, 12:12pm

Replies: 63 Ball comes in contact with both hands while dribbling Views: 5,816 Posted By BillyMac The "Sureness" Spectrum ... You're probably correct. I'm sure that most officials strive for anywhere between 51% and 100% "sureness". I try to be patient and get as close to 100% as I reasonably can, but there's no way that...

Forum: Basketball Sun Jul 28, 2013, 12:05pm

Replies: 63 Ball comes in contact with both hands while dribbling Views: 5,816 Posted By BillyMac That's Entertainment ... We agree here. My interpretation is not supported by rule. Sometimes we have to deviate slightly from the written rule and do what we do best, interpret. If this wasn't the case, there would be no...

Forum: Basketball Sun Jul 28, 2013, 11:59am

Replies: 63 Ball comes in contact with both hands while dribbling Views: 5,816 Posted By BillyMac Quack ... If it looks like a try, swims like a try, and quacks like a try, then it probably is a try. http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2877/9386512378_f0f630c0c9_m.jpg (During last week's heat wave here in...

Forum: Basketball Sun Jul 28, 2013, 11:49am

Replies: 63 Ball comes in contact with both hands while dribbling Views: 5,816 Posted By BillyMac Still Not Convinced ... Because the description includes the phrase "tries to drive baseline", which, at least to me, shows intent to start a new dribble. Now take out that phrase, how do you know that the player is not...

Forum: Basketball Sun Jul 28, 2013, 08:42am

Replies: 63 Ball comes in contact with both hands while dribbling Views: 5,816 Posted By BillyMac Not Convinced ... 4.15.4 SITUATION A: As dribbler A1 attempts to change directions to avoid guard B1, he/she allows the ball to come to rest in one hand in bringing the ball from the right to the left side of the...

Forum: Basketball Sun Jul 28, 2013, 08:32am

Replies: 63 Ball comes in contact with both hands while dribbling Views: 5,816 Posted By BillyMac For Those Without A Casebok Handy ... 4.15.4 SITUATION A: As dribbler A1 attempts to change directions to avoid guard B1, he/she allows the ball to come to rest in one hand in bringing the ball from the right to the left side of the...

Forum: Basketball Sat Jul 27, 2013, 10:44pm

Replies: 63 Ball comes in contact with both hands while dribbling Views: 5,816 Posted By BillyMac Crystal Basketball ??? Until I learn how to read a player's mind, yes I am.

Forum: Basketball Sat Jul 27, 2013, 11:51am

Replies: 63 Ball comes in contact with both hands while dribbling Views: 5,816 Posted By BillyMac Dribble Or A Bounce Pass ??? And I'll wait up to seven minutes and fifty-nine seconds to see how this play develops before I decide to sound my whistle for a "double dribble" violation here. This is a very open ended situation....

Forum: Basketball Thu Jul 25, 2013, 04:51pm

Replies: 63 Ball comes in contact with both hands while dribbling Views: 5,816 Posted By BillyMac Let The Séance Begin ... And just exactly where does it say that? Remember, when you imply, you make an imp out of you, and me (Apologies to Felix Unger).

Forum: Basketball Thu Jul 25, 2013, 04:32pm

Replies: 63 Ball comes in contact with both hands while dribbling Views: 5,816 Posted By BillyMac What ??? It is? Why? It only becomes a violation when the ball handler dribbles again. I don't see any reference to a "second" dribble in the original post.

Forum: Basketball Thu Jul 25, 2013, 06:02am

Replies: 63 Ball comes in contact with both hands while dribbling Views: 5,816 Posted By BillyMac Ever Since I Was A Little Baby, I Always Be Dribblin' ... Remember that the fact that the dribble has ended is not, in of itself, a violation. It becomes a violation if the ball handler dribbles again after said "double" contact.

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