Without this rule you'll find it's common for a youth player to take 5 or 6 dribbles with their head down before throwing a wild hook shot at the ring while 3 of his teammates stand around wide open.
" "I stand there for 20 minutes, and it dribbles and hurts.
Double dribble: A violation in which a player dribbles the ball, stops, then begins to dribble again.
Christina Rossetti (1830 - 1894) If there comes a little thaw, Still the air is chill and raw, Here and there a patch of snow, Dirtier than the ground below, Dribbles down a marshy flood; Ankle-deep you stick in mud In the meadows while you sing, "This is Spring.
