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Message: [QUOTE="Twolf, post: 3846795, member: 8437"] The issue now is that coaches who teach the palming rule as it is written is doing nothing but putting their players at a disadvantage. I have seen players in a college game actually palm the ball so badly that they could have been called for a double dribble because the ball actually stopped before they dribbled again. Any dribbling with the hand below a handshake is supposed to be palming, or the hand being below the equator of the basketball. That rule has gone the way of teaching cursive writing in schools, and good luck debating an official on why an egregious violation wasn’t called. If you try that strategy, you’re going to finish in 2nd place in that verbal tussle. Reminds me of telling the home plate umpire that the pitch was way outside. He said NO it was a strike, and you know what, the next pitch is going to be a strike too. Learned an important lesson. [/QUOTE]