"Palming" a basketball

[yookfarb]

I'm not a basketball fanatic so I never heard of it until recently but is it actually true Kevin Durant or other nba players can't hold a basketball with one hand? Seemed pretty trivial when I tried it at the rec center with a "real NBA ball"

 

[louky]

 

[yookfarb]

How is that kinda sorta??

 

[rj144]

Palming is also a foul in basketball.

 

[Twelve75]

The abillity to palm a basketball, is one of the things a gheyberry sherdogger looks for in his "women"

 

[iwhoopedbatman]

The ball is fairly tacky, game balls at least. You don't have to be able to literally wrap your hand around more than half of it to control it with one hand. But if you can't palm/control the ball, it limits what you can do in terms of control and adjustments, especially on dunks and layups.

 

[iwhoopedbatman]

Palming is also a foul in basketball.

It's not a foul, it's a violation. But it's just shorthand for a specific type of traveling.

 

[rj144]

It's not a foul, it's a violation. But it's just shorthand for a specific type of traveling.

Yeah, that's what I meant. I'm tired today.

 

[iwhoopedbatman]

Yeah, that's what I meant. I'm tired today.

Yeah, it happens. Wasn't trying to be a dick. I just reffed basketball for a while so I can't help myself. Lol.

 

[rj144]

Yeah, it happens. Wasn't trying to be a dick. I just reffed basketball for a while so I can't help myself. Lol.

Not a problem.

 

[MadSquabbles500]

Palming is also a foul in basketball.

only if you are moving forward with it, or still holding onto it after jumping.

 

[ProBoxingInsidr]

It's not a foul, it's a violation. But it's just shorthand for a specific type of traveling.

it is not a violation. or at least i havent heard of it being called since 1984

 

[iwhoopedbatman]

it is not a violation. or at least i havent heard of it being called since 1984

It's shorthand for the crossovers guys used to use in the 90's that now get called travels.

 

[rj144]

only if you are moving forward with it, or still holding onto it after jumping.

Huh? You can't palm any time.

 

[ProBoxingInsidr]

It's shorthand for the crossovers guys used to use in the 90's that now get called travels.

they havent called travelling since 1998

 

[iwhoopedbatman]

they havent called travelling since 1998

I lol'd, but just in case you're one of those people that doesn't watch and thinks everything stayed on the same trajectory, traveling gets called a lot more now than it did in the 90's.

 

[10000 Days]

I lol'd, but just in case you're one of those people that doesn't watch and thinks everything stayed on the same trajectory, traveling gets called a lot more now than it did in the 90's.

90's to mid 2000's, NBA was more lenient with travelling. I think they became more particular because they were getting beat in international competition, and getting calls in the olympics during the mid 2000's, im guessing

 

[jefferz]

they havent called travelling since 1998

I don't watch much basketball but when I do, I notice that keeping your pivot foot planted is a thing of the past as well. It doesn't if you switch your pivot, as long as you pivot on a foot

 

[MadSquabbles500]

Huh? You can't palm any time.

you sure, I never knew that. I swear I have seen NBA players grip in one hand and make one handed passes while standing, or while dunking.

 

[10000 Days]

you sure, I never knew that. I swear I have seen NBA players grip in one hand and make one handed passes while standing, or while dunking.

yeah, like this