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Originally Posted by Nevadaref
Catching a ball while airborne and then landing on two feet simultaneously happens all the time and would not be a travel, so I don’t consider that a real jumpstop ...
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Maybe it's not a jumpstop in Nevada, or California, but it is in Connecticut.
I remember doing "jumpstop" drills in high school. Everybody with a ball. Dribble several feet. Go airborne on a whistle. Land simultaneously on both feet. Pick a pivot foot and pivot off that foot a few times within your circle. Dribble again on a whistle, being sure to release the ball before moving your pivot foot. On next whistle pick the opposite foot as your pivot foot after going airborne and landing simultaneously on both feet. Lather, rinse, repeat.
Fifty years later and I can still hear the whistles and the pounding sound of players landing simultaneously on both feet in memories hidden in the deep recesses of my mind.
Of course, back then the basketballs had laces.
When in Rome ...
Box Out, Block Out; Potato, Potahto; Tomato, Tomahto.
