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Originally Posted by Johnny Ringo
I had looked at 4-45-2 ... was just curious to see what people say and how they call this. I see perfectly executed jump stops after a player was dribbling and stop their dribble while coming to a jump stop. Often I see an official call a violation.
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It depends so much on the definition of "jump stop". If the player gathers the ball while both feet are in the air, there's a lot of lee-way. If the player has both feet on the ground when he gathers the ball, there's no such thing as a "legal jump stop".
It's not only what the feet do and where the feet go that matters, the hands on the ball are also an important part of the equation. Exactly when does the driblle end? That's a hand/ball issue, and where the feet are when that happens isn't always easy to see all in one good photo op at 55 mph.
There are also a lot of refs that don't study the details of the travelling rule, and just call it if they don't like it, especially at the lower levels of play, and at the rec level.
So it's always a tricky question.