Assistant coach

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by thumpferee
Boys JV game. Team A is pressing B in their backcourt. B1 loses control of his dribble and kneels to pick up the ball. After gaining control with one knee on the floor with two defenders surrounding him, he stands up and begins to dribble away. I am the T and call him for the travel. B1 looks at me and bangs the ball to the floor. Ball bounced about 12-15 feet in the air. Bang, T on B1.

When B1 knelt to pick up the ball, that act of picking up the ball ended his original dribble. Then it's an automatic travel when he stood up off of the one knee. Even if he started a dribble on the floor and then stood up, it would have been a second, illegal dribble.

Bouncing the ball that high is an automatic "T" too imo. As for the assistant coach, you got the message across well on that one without having to resort to another "T".

Good job.