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Originally posted by BktBallRef
4-43-2a
A player, who catches the ball while moving or dribbling, may stop, and establish a pivot foot as follows:
a. If both feet are off the floor and the player lands:
1. Simultaneously on both feet, either foot may be the pivot.
2. On one foot followed by the other, the first foot to touch is the pivot.
3. On one foot, the player may jump off that foot and simultaneously land on both. Neither foot can be a pivot in this case.
I believe you're ignorong the fact that 4-43-2a and 4-43-2b describe two legal and different ways a jump stop can be used.
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After re-reading TH's post, I think I see where the confusion lies. It was my understanding that the term "jump stop" referred ONLY to the maneuver described in #3 above. But from reading the last sentence quoted above, it seems that others are using the term "jump stop" to refer to any time a player in possession of the ball comes to a stop after jumping; which, I have to admit, makes some sense.
Am I right about this difference in usage? Or am I still totally missing what everybody else is seeing?
Chuck