Officiating

[UNIGrainer]

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Exactly as long as the hand is on top of the ball then it is not a carry.

What exactly is a carry. It seems to go on all the time and never called but about once or twice a game it gets whistled.

[clenz]

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What exactly is a carry. It seems to go on all the time and never called but about once or twice a game it gets whistled.

Basically you have to carry the ball....hand underneath the ball and the ball stopping on their hand. It's basically a "mini" double dribble.

You can put your hand on the side of the ball, but can't "palm" the ball at the apex of the dribble.

[UNIpanther99]

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Basically you have to carry the ball....hand underneath the ball and the ball stopping on their hand. It's basically a "mini" double dribble.

You can put your hand on the side of the ball, but can't "palm" the ball at the apex of the dribble.

Correct. Technically a "carry" is a double-dribble or a travel. They tried to do away with it several years back and have the officials call double-dribble or travel, but it just confused the heck out of everybody so put it back in the rule book.

[r54uni]

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Let's hope they don't start calling the carry because Deon does it every trip down the floor!!

[clenz]

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Let's hope they don't start calling the carry because Deon does it every trip down the floor!!

Does the ball come to a stop on his hand?


The NBA, and I think college just because the NBA did, put an increased interest into this back in the late 90's because shifty players like AI, Kobe, etc... would carry the ball like crazy....then there was negative feedback from players and they basically got rid of it at the the NBA level.

[PantherHawk]

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There is holding on every single play in football...it's just a matter of if the ref feels like calling it....seems subjective to me.

Our rule on our crew is, if the holding affected the play, then you have to call it. But if the WR is holding on the opposite side the run goes to, then you have no call. Holding in football does happen on every play.

Just like in Basketball, there are hand checks everytime down the floor. It only matters if it affects the play

3 refs is WAY WAY better than 2!

[clenz]

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Our rule on our crew is, if the holding affected the play, then you have to call it. But if the WR is holding on the opposite side the run goes to, then you have no call. Holding in football does happen on every play.

Just like in Basketball, there are hand checks everytime down the floor. It only matters if it affects the play

3 refs is WAY WAY better than 2!

Right...but that is a rather subjective way to go about it, right jay? I mean what if that run to the left goes the distance but the right corner had the speed to chase him down, but couldn't get there because he was held at the beginning of the play?

[in_the_stands]

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I hope that smiley face means you are being sarcastic, because there is nothing about dribbling head-high that ---by itself--- constitutes a violation.

The carry is one of the rules fans generally don't understand. Allong with over and back and three-seconds.

Multiple steps while the ball was head-high.

[UNIpanther99]

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Multiple steps while the ball was head-high.

Again, nothing about what you have described automatically constitutes a violation. You are allowed to take multiple steps while dribbling.

[in_the_stands]

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Again, nothing about what you have described automatically constitutes a violation. You are allowed to take multiple steps while dribbling.

I wish you'd have been around when I was called for that when playing.

[in_the_stands]

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UPP, thanks for your responses, that was a lot of typing.