[mick]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

4-15-3: The dribble may be started by pushing, throwing or batting the ball to the floor before the pivot foot is lifted.

4-31: A pass is movement of the ball caused by a player who throws, bats or rolls the ball to another player.

A single push to the floor, by definition, constitutes a pass if the ball goes to another player. It is unnecessary for anything else to happen. Judgment.

The only "judgment" needed is to wait and see what happens, and then make the call by the rules.

Mis-calling an adjudged illegal dribble on the two-handed bounce pass before the player retouches the ball would not be so different from mis-calling traveling when a player lifts the pivot foot before the pivot foot retouches.