How does traveling work in basketball? If I have the ball and stopped and sling it to the back board of the other team and it comes back to me can I move again or am i stuck with 1st 2 steps?

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• Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  If the ball is in your possession, you need to dribble it while moving. If you ever put BOTH hands on it any time after receiving a pass, you can no longer take a step even if you dribble it; you have to shoot or pass.

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  • valar@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I’m pretty sure throwing it at the backboard would count as losing possession, so you could dribble again afterwards.

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    • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Yeah, maybe I should reword that. Taking possession with both hands is okay, no matter how you gain possession afaik. Rebounds, steals, etc.

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• Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It’s one of the most arbitrarily applied rules in all of sports. It depends on the opinion the referee holds of the individual player. Do not try to make sense of it and you’ll have a lot more fun

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  • slazer2au@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Like the offside rule in football.

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• radiofreebc@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  They still call travelling in the NBA? Everyone travels in the NBA.

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• Mr_Wobble@thelemmy.club ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traveling_(basketball)

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  • Patnou@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Ok let’s get down to semantics. I dribbled the ball before i threw it and it came back? Can I now more with the ball all over again while dribling or still stuck in the space I was at when I slung the ball?

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    • Psychogasm@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      No. Unless it was a shot at the basket. Some leagues require you to at least hit the backboard. But you need to lose possession of the ball first, throwing it in the air and catching it elsewhere is a travel. Or throwing in the air and catching in place does not allow dribbling again.

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