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Originally posted by Teddly
By rule, the player with the ball must have one foot on the playing court then jump off that same foot. landing anywhere on the court, landing both feet together simultaneously - this way neither foot is considered a pivot foot. The problem in my area seems to be with the the word simultaneous. Close enough isn't what the rule says ... If the player doesn't land with both feet together simultaneously, then it's a clear travel. So, I'm wondering, in your H.S. ball experience, is this called by the book? No splitting hairs - it's the rule!
Thanks!
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Technically speaking, no player will ever be able to do land on both feet simultaneously. If you used high speed photography, you'd be able to tell that one foot makes contact before the other, perhaps by 1 millisecond, in all but 1 out of millions of attempts. To the human eye, it may look simultaneous but not once it is accurately observed. So, for it to be allowed at all, it must be "close enough".