Self Pass

[Mark Padgett]

Originally posted by Tim Roden
In the case I saw, it was not a shot attempt. So let's take that out of the equation. It was his own backboard.

Since it was not a shot attempt, there is no loss of team control. If the ball caromed into the backcourt where it was touched by a member of team A, you would have an over and back call. Try explaining that one!

As to the first point, if he had already dribbled, picked up his dribble, then threw the ball off his own backboard, caught it and dribbled again, certainly you would have an illegal (double) dribble, since there was nothing in the act of throwing it off the backboard that would allow him to dribble again. To me, this would be the same as if he threw the ball out in front of him, then grabbed it, then started dribbling again.

[Edited by Mark Padgett on May 26th, 2001 at 01:49 PM]