I've watched a lot of Indiana HS and IU/college basketball. While a student I had a part-time job at HPER refereeing games, had to be trained, pass a test, etc. Not an expert by any means, but that's my background.
I am wondering where the rules went. I know the old ones are gone. Lying on the floor with possession of the ball was traveling. Period. Every time. Now, players can dive and grab it (possession, no travel) and even roll over with it (possession with advantage and movement, no travel), then they make a pass and nobody even thinks of calling a travel.
Saw another old-school travel last night that was not called (of course). Ball thrown to/at a player, he tipped it/hit his hand as he was moving, then after a couple of steps he caught the ball before it hit the floor or touched anything else. No call. I get the idea that the rule must now be that the player did not have "control" of the ball, but that never was questioned for the old-school rules. Same with the double-dribble. A player has possession of ball, it falls to the floor, he picks it up, then starts to dribble. Now, no big deal and certainly no violation. I know that original possession might be as slight as tipping the ball, but if it bounces and no one else touches it and he picks it up, that was the end of his dribble under the old-school rules.
Not to mention the jump-stop and Euro-step maneuvers.
Is all of this a part of the "make the game more exciting," just keep it all moving, a "relaxing" of rules, or what? I
I am wondering where the rules went. I know the old ones are gone. Lying on the floor with possession of the ball was traveling. Period. Every time. Now, players can dive and grab it (possession, no travel) and even roll over with it (possession with advantage and movement, no travel), then they make a pass and nobody even thinks of calling a travel.
Saw another old-school travel last night that was not called (of course). Ball thrown to/at a player, he tipped it/hit his hand as he was moving, then after a couple of steps he caught the ball before it hit the floor or touched anything else. No call. I get the idea that the rule must now be that the player did not have "control" of the ball, but that never was questioned for the old-school rules. Same with the double-dribble. A player has possession of ball, it falls to the floor, he picks it up, then starts to dribble. Now, no big deal and certainly no violation. I know that original possession might be as slight as tipping the ball, but if it bounces and no one else touches it and he picks it up, that was the end of his dribble under the old-school rules.
Not to mention the jump-stop and Euro-step maneuvers.
Is all of this a part of the "make the game more exciting," just keep it all moving, a "relaxing" of rules, or what? I
