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Originally posted by MattRef
Isn't the player allowed the step toward the basket while shooting?
Matt
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Not with both feet. If the player simply turns and takes a jumpshot, he normally doesn't move the pivot foot and just pivots to that side. The play that I am referring to has a player with his back to the basket, both feet on the floor, basketball in hand. In this play, he steps with both feet. Two steps is traveling. Period.
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Originally posted by rpwall
Aha ... I get the picture now. Sorry it escaped me the first time that the pivot foot was returning to the floor. I was envisioning a different move. Thanks Mick.
Yep, that one gets passed on consistently. Like hoopsrefbc said, there is a fuzzy line as to when the player stops his/her dribble and establishes a pivot foot on that move. In slo-mo you can make a good arguement for traveling.]
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While the guard who drives the lane may pick up his dribble at a troublesome time for the official, most post players don't dribble prior to moving. The NBA guys are the worst for making this move. I see it in collage now and trickling down to HS.