So let's put all 3 together: a fan picks up a ball laid down by the ref & throws it to player A. She inbounds to player B, who bobbles the ball all the way to the opposite free throw line. At that point, she floats up an air ball, catches it and lays it in. Nice play!

So let's put all 3 together: a fan picks up a ball laid down by the ref & throws it to player A. She inbounds to player B, who bobbles the ball all the way to the opposite free throw line. At that point, she floats up an air ball, catches it and lays it in. Nice play!

 

:lol: Beautiful

Another weird one...team was late coming out of timeout so the ref laid the ball down and started his count. The girl to inbound the ball was on a dead sprint to get it and throw it in, but obviously wasn't going to beat the count. A boy from the stands, a fan, picked up the ball and flipped it to her. She then threw it in to a teammate. No call made at all! I think desecration is a better word!

 

What?????

 

I'm with Clyde on this one.......:eek:

Yes, she had original possession of it and started dribbling down the floor. One of our girls ran by her but never touched the ball, but it disrupted her dribbling and momentum and so she was looking to pass forward and simply started bobbling/juggling it for about 30 feet while taking probably 5-6 steps. It was bizarre and absolutely not the correct call.

 

By your description 100% legal.

That's interesting and certainly not a rule that would be interpreted by the normal basketball fan that way. Good to know, though.

That's interesting and certainly not a rule that would be interpreted by the normal basketball fan that way. Good to know, though.

 

...at least a few of these out there

That's interesting and certainly not a rule that would be interpreted by the normal basketball fan that way. Good to know, though.

 

Rule book emphasizes that it is impossible to travel while bobbling the ball.

Rule book emphasizes that it is impossible to travel while bobbling the ball.

 

So I can have a girl just juggle the ball down the floor and all good?

So I can have a girl just juggle the ball down the floor and all good?

 

 

Amazing how many times I e had that asked yet have never seen it happen.

Amazing how many times I e had that asked yet have never seen it happen.

 

Much like the "blarge" complaints.....lots of complaints, but honestly, how many of those are actually seen in a season ?

 

Between you, me and a few others, we probably see 200 - 300 games a season cumulative.....I have maybe seen 1 or 2 at most this season.

Amazing how many times I e had that asked yet have never seen it happen.

 

Well, I am going to start teaching it I suppose to my girls, who are in 5th-6th grade and don't care for dribbling much anyway! Just juggle the ball between your hands while running as fast as you can down floor and then shoot and score. All this time, I have been telling them that they have to be dribbling but apparently when just juggling it between hands, they are fine. I do skills work before practice that includes passing the ball quickly between your hands that are placed about a foot apart. Now they will know why we do that drill. Good stuff.

Well, I am going to start teaching it I suppose to my girls, who are in 5th

 

Notwithstanding the sarcasm, I don't believe your girls are "juggling" the ball while they are doing that drill, I believe they are "possessing" the ball. I will leave it to someone else to cite the language, but "juggling" in the basketball sense means something completely different than it does to the Karamazov brothers. "Juggling" on a basketball court means the player has not established possession of the ball. The coach could not call a timeout, she has not established a pivot foot yet, she is not "passing" it to herself, etc. Once she gains control of the ball and "possesses" it, then she cannot start "juggling" it again.

 

Referees have discretion to determine when a player is "juggling" the ball, and I am quite certain that any referee would conclude that your players, while doing the passing hand to hand drill, are not, in fact, juggling the ball. But if you want to teach that method of ball progression down the floor and take your chances with winning the argument with a referee over what constitutes "juggling", have at it.

Well, I am going to start teaching it I suppose to my girls, who are in 5th-6th grade and don't care for dribbling much anyway! Just juggle the ball between your hands while running as fast as you can down floor and then shoot and score. All this time, I have been telling them that they have to be dribbling but apparently when just juggling it between hands, they are fine. I do skills work before practice that includes passing the ball quickly between your hands that are placed about a foot apart. Now they will know why we do that drill. Good stuff.

 

I know your are looking at this from an extreme...but the situation that occurs in these type instances is that the player and ball are out of control. In your scenario, I'm sure a ref won't consider the player to not have control of the ball and would thus call the travel. Although honestly, I don't see 5th grade kids being able to run at full speed while maintaining control of the ball back and forth in their hands. So you may create the out of control aspect by default and I don't see that going in your teams favor often.

It is MUCH more difficult to "juggle, fumble, bumble" the ball down the court than it would be to dribble the ball down court. But it is comical to hear how some people would go to great lengths to challenge a rule they don't agree with or like. Most of the rules of basketball have been around for a LONG time btw

...at least a few of these out there

 

The "over and back" rule is one that people constantly don't understand. Both feet AND the ball must be established across the line. I see people screaming incorrectly (and referees calling it incorrectly) about this one all the time.