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Originally posted by Dan_ref
As long as he keeps the pivot foot on the floor he can go round & round until he gets too dizzy to stand up & falls down.
And then you have a travel.
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I have some questions about traveling too. I have searched some casebooks and almost all rulebooks, NCAA, FIBA, NBA, HS, you name it, but still can not find any rules that explicitly addree this move:
a player picked up his dribble and pivoted back and forth a couple times, then he tried to make a big step toward the basket. but because he wanted to cover a big distance with this step, instead of stepping (at least one foot on the floor at any given time), he in fact noticeably
jumpped off his pivot foot before his non-pivot foot touched the floor, then he moved along and jumped off his non-pivot foot and made a basket, before his pivot foot ever touched the floor again.
So would you help me on this: which particular rule states or implies this "one jump with the ball" move is indeed illegal?
another similar move is during a "smooth looking" lay up: while moving, a player started the layup by picking up his dribble when his left (back) foot still touched the floor and before his right (front) foot landed. then his right foot down and he jumpped right off it, landed on left foot and jumpped off it, released the ball while in the air.
Technically, do you believe this player traveled even though the move looked very smooth? (regardless if you want to call the violation or not)
Thanks.