Oops pass

[Camron Rust]

Originally posted by mick
Dribbler, W4, picks up dribble and starts to pass.
Ball slips from her hands when she tries to hold up and bounces 4' away from her.

Fine so far...dribble has ended.

She's the first one to the ball and bats the ball to the floor with one hand and recovers the ball.
Now what?

She may have just violated with an illegal (double) dribble. I say may because the bat could be an attempt to gain control or it may be a controlled bat and thus a new dribble. The would be a judgement that could only be made if I were the official on the floor.

Can she do anything else other than watch the ball right in front of her?
mick

Any player can always pick up a loose ball. Even if she had started the passing motion, as someone else said, she could still get the ball. A fumble is a fumble...the ball was accidently dropped/released from her grasp. The rule doesn't make any distinction on what was being attempted at the time of the fumble.