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Rule 4 / Definitions45<br />
Section 9. Control—Player, Team<br />
Art. 1. A player shall be in control when:<br />
a. Holding a live ball; or<br />
b. Dribbling a live ball while inbounds.<br />
Art. 2. A team shall be in control when:<br />
a. A player of the team is in control;<br />
b. While a live ball is being passed between teammates;<br />
c. When a player of that team has disposal of the ball for a throw-in; or<br />
d. During an interrupted dribble.<br />
Art. 3. Team control shall continue until the ball is in flight during a try for goal,<br />
an opponent secures control or the ball becomes dead.<br />
Art. 4. There shall be no team control during:<br />
a. A jump ball;<br />
b. The tapping of a rebound (unless it is a try for goal);<br />
c. A try for goal after the ball is in flight;<br />
d. The period that follows any of these acts (a-c) while the ball is being<br />
batted (from the vicinity of other players) in an attempt to secure control;<br />
or<br />
e. A dead ball.<br />
Art. 5. Team control is re-established in Article 4 of this rule when a player<br />
secures control.<br />
Art. 6. “Control” for purposes of establishing the alternating-possession<br />
procedure occurs when:<br />
a. A player is in control; or<br />
b. The ball is handed/bounced to or placed at the disposal of the free-thrower<br />
after a common foul or placed at the disposal of a thrower-in.<br />
Section 10. Delay<br />
Art. 1. A delay is any action that impedes the progress or continuity of the game.<br />
Such actions include, but are not limited to:<br />
a. Failure to supply scorers with data per Rule 3-4.1 (See Rule 10-2.2);<br />
b. Consuming a full minute by not being ready when it is time to start either<br />
half or any extra period (See Rule 10-2.5.a);<br />
c. Delaying the game by preventing the ball from being promptly made live<br />
or by preventing continuous play, such as but not limited to, followers<br />
or bench personnel entering the playing court before player activity has<br />
been terminated. When the delay does not interfere with play, it shall<br />
be ignored, and play shall be continued or be resumed at the point of<br />
interruption (See Rule 10-2.8.d and Rule 10-4.2.h);<br />
d. Repeatedly delaying the game by preventing the ball from being promptly<br />
put into play, such as delaying the administration of a throw-in or free<br />
throw by engaging in a team huddle anywhere on the playing court (See<br />
Rule 10-2.5.b);<br />
e. Failure to have the court ready for play after the final horn to end any<br />
timeout (See Rule 10-2.5.c);