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Originally posted by Barry C. Morris
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Originally posted by bob jenkins
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Originally posted by Barry C. Morris
Picture this:
a player catches or pass (or picks up his dribble) with both feet off of the floor. The first foot to touch when he lands is the pivot foot. He lands on pivot foot, steps, leaping off of the other foot. He may now land on both feet provided he lands on both feet simultaneously. Once he lands, neither foot can be a pivot. He may step but he can not place a foot back down.
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Sorry, Barry -- that won't work. Once the second foot touches, the first foot becomnes the pivot foot, and moving (lifting then placing on the floor) that foot is travelling.
What you meant to say  was: a player catches a pass (or picks up his dribble) with both feet off the floor and lands on one foot, or catches a pass with one foot on the floor. He jumps off of that foot before the other foot hits the floor. HE may now land on both feet proveded he lands simultaneously. Once he lands, neither foot can be a pivot.
Also, note that some coaches call "catching the ball with both feet off the floor and landing on both feet simultaneously" a jump stop. In this case, either foot can be a pivot.
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Bob, I think we are both seeing the same play here but it is hard to put into words. The second foot does not have to touch to make the first foot to touch the pivot foot. If a player is in the air when he catches the ball, the first foot to come down, if not simultaneous, is the pivot foot. The step that I described after the pivot foot lands assumes the player had forward momentum and the pivot foot is not lifted before the jump.
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Actually, bob's right. The first foot only becomes the pivot when the second touches. Otherwise, they would not be able to jump off first for the legal jump stop.
Still, it traveling when they jump, in your case, and land.
To land on left, step with the right, jump off the right then land on both is traveling. (A step is when foot touches the floor, not when it is lifted).
The player can only jump off of the first foot down when they catch the ball while airborne (or off the 1 foot that is on the floor when they catch the ball). As soon as the 2nd foot makes contact with the floor, the opportunity to legally jump stop is gone....they've already pivot.