"Self-Pass" Violation?

Originally Posted by ODog

Yes. Illegal dribble.

But for your own edification, there is no such thing as a self pass, as a pass is, by definition, thrown to a teammate.

The dribble ended when he touched it with 2 hands to attempt a pass. When he recovered it, it constituted a second dribble.

Pretty much. For new refs who might be reading this thread, understand you must decide if the player in fact ended the dribble and tried to pass, or simply fumbled the ball. If it is a fumble you can always go recover it. Remember a player can fumble a pass to him by another player, gather the ball, start a dribble, fumble the ball again, and recover it, all legally. If the player dribbles again after the fumble, dribble, fumble it is a violation. I had a play during camp a couple years ago where a player at the elbow fumbled it, gathered it, and shot the ball. Coach went nuts but my partner got praised by the clinicians for his no-call. Never mind that all of this happened in my primary. I'm not bitter I swear.