Re: The Boston Celtics Mailing List Digest V5 #192

[DJessen33@aol.com]

In a message dated 98-05-27 16:47:07 EDT, you write:

<< Regarding real rules and plaground rules...
 
 Airballs: Rebounding your own airball is a legal play as long as the
 shot was a legitimate attempt. Try to convince anyone on the playground
 that's it's legal and you'll be branded as an idiot.>
 
WRONG!!!!!! I've seen this called in high school and college alot. 

< Another legal play: Fumbling the ball, picking it up, and then dribbling
 it. (Everyone will call this a double dribble.) Then fumble the ball
 again and pick it up. (Still legal but you'll never get away with it on
 the playground.)>

Right in certain situations. Does he move his pivot foot on the fumble?
 
< Passing to yourself: If you haven't already dribbled the ball, you can
 "pass the ball to yourself" by throwing down court (or wherever) and
 then running up to it, after it has bounced at least once, and either
 catching it or dribbling it. Sometimes this play happens by accident
 when the ball either slips out of your hands or you passed the ball to
 someone you thought was your teammate but who is just standing the
 sideline.)>

I can't imagine this not being traveling.
 
 <Moving pick: There is no foul or violation called a "moving pick." A
 foul occurs only when there is contact and it is either a blocking foul,
 charge or hold. If you keep moving in front of the path of the defender
 but no contact takes place, then no foul.>

Technically correct but rarely could occur without contact.
 
 <ALL edges of the backboard are in play (bottom, sides and top).
 
 Backcourt. Whoever touches the ball last is considered to have caused it
 to go into the backcourt. This means that when a player on defense tips
 the ball off the leg of an offensive player and then the ball goes into
 the backcourt, if the offensive player touches the ball in the
 backcourt, it's a violation. But on the playground, who cares? Play on!>

This one is interesting. I think you are wrong though.

 
 <There is no backcourt violation off a tipped rebound - no matter who
 tips it.>

I'll give you this one. Never seen nor thought of the situation.
 
 DJessen33