if a player has possession of the ball in his both hands and he stoops
down and puts the ball on the floor whith his both hands still on the
ball then he stands up again with the ball still in his hands and
stoops down again and put the ball back on the floor with his both
hands still on the ball, is this a double drible call?

Greetings dmoney!
The answer to your question is yes it is a double dribble call.  A
dribble is defined in Official NBA rules as...

"movement of the ball, caused by a player in control, who throws or
taps the ball into the air or to the floor."

According to NBA rules one of the 7 ways a dribble is ended is when a
person touches the ball simultaneously with both hands.

"The dribble ends when the dribbler: 
(1) Touches the ball simultaneously with both hands "

http://www.nba.com/analysis/rules_4.html?nav=ArticleList

Because of this when the player stoops down with both his hands on the
ball he  ending his dribble.  The rules then state that "A player may
not dribble a second time after he has voluntarily ended his first
dribble."

http://www.nba.com/analysis/rules_10.html?nav=ArticleList

Now as you can probably see there are a couple of loop holes to this. 
The first depends on whether or not he started to dribble.  The action
which you described if it is his first movement with the ball would
not be a double dribble.  The reason for this is because a dribble is
when "a player in control, who throws or taps the ball into the air or
to the floor."  At no point in time during the action you described
does the player "throw or tap the ball into the air or to the floor". 
The result is that he never had his first dribble, so having a second
one would be impossible.

In case you were wondering the player would still be committing a
foul.  The foul would be Traveling.  This is also the foul he would be
committing if he were to use the second loop hole in the double
dribble rule and that is if he did the action you suggested but with
only one hand.

If you have any questions or need something cleared up, please request
a clarification before rating my answer and I will be happy to help.

Best,
djbaker-ga

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Request for Answer Clarification by dmoney5614-ga on 08 Jun 2005 16:47 PDT

if the player get a pass from another player or pulls a rebound can he
stoop and put the ball on the floor with his both hands still on the
ball, then raises up and stoops again putting back the ball on the
floor again with his both hands still on the ball while its on the
floor, all this in order to protect the ball from his apponent, is
this then considered a double dribble?

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Clarification of Answer by djbaker-ga on 08 Jun 2005 18:11 PDT

Dmoney,
This is not double drible because the ball never left his hands.  He
cannot get a double drible call until he ends one set of dribbling.

-djbaker-ga

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I disagree with the original answer to this question.  A player in
possession of the ball may touch the ball to the floor any number of
times without violating, as long as the player holds onto (read:  has
at least one hand on and does not lose control of) the ball.

I think that the mininterpretation of the rules in this instance comes
from the definition of a dribble, "movement of the ball, caused by a
player in control, who throws or taps the ball into the air or to the
floor."  In basketball, a tap is defined as imparting a force on a
loose ball without gripping it.  Examples of this include the striking
of a missed shot by an offensive player in an attempt to put it back
in the basket (or, for that matter, by a defensive player to keep the
ball away from the basket) and striking the ball towards the ground in
a dribble.

The crux of the argument is this:  If the player is controlling the
ball with one or both hands, it is impossible for a dribble to be
started by any action other than the voluntary release of the ball in
such a manner that it strikes the floor (granted, if the player throws
it up and catches it before it hits the ground, it's still a violation
for traveling).  Because this is the case, the play situation
described in the original cannot be a double dribble unless the player
releases the ball.