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Originally posted by canuckrefguy
What's the difference?
If a player gets a loose ball sitting on her butt, and she tries to shift or roll away from a defender, we call travel.
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We call a travel? Not I. Attempting to avoid a defender is not necessarily a traveling violation. Rolling over is, but shifting or rocking to a side is not. Please give this one some more thought.
MJT,
Going from zero knees to one or two is a travel as that is considered an attempt to get up. The player certainly has a more advantageous position from which to pass the ball to a teammate or shoot. You should have called a violation on this play. Case Book play 4.43.5 Sit B will also give you good guidance in these situations.
Keep working hard.
PS The ONLY body part which can serve as the pivot is a FOOT. Notwithstanding some of Padgett's jokes about a pivot cheek!