The way I looked at it (after postgame discussion) was that he caught the ball down, established a pivot foot with the first hop and then went up for the shot. The coach was right behind me when I called it and he politely told me it wasn't a travel (this was a college JV game). The conversations I had with that particular coach in the game made me really think about it again. He knew the game well. This same situation is one I don't seem to see called in alot of college and upper level HS games. Like I said earlier, it seems that I'm calling this travel a lot more than other officials I see and work with. Either I'm good at getting this, or I'm not seeing things correctly and I'd like to make sure I'm getting it right.
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