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Just last night, this came up after my girls' game. One of the girls for the home team performed several jump stops during the game. I happened to be the trail official (2-whistle) for most if not all of them. She would dribble from the 3-point line and then drive to the FT circle, jump and land around (or just inside) the FT line. She would then take a nice 14-foot jump shot.
Each time she did this, I found myself thinking, "Wow, nice jump stop! Landed exactly on 2 feet and everything." Usually, I see the player land "thump-thump", espeically in boys' games.
Anyway, after the game, we're in the locker room and a retired official, who taught me more than I can say, comes in and asks us about it. The opinion of the gathered refs in the stands was that the move was a travel. So he just wanted to talk to us about the jump stop in general.
We talked about exactly what rainmaker was saying. You not only have to see the feet, but you have to see exactly when the dribble ended (in the air or on the floor). I still think they were good jump stops. It was obvious that she's practiced the move to get it just the way she wanted it. But I wouldn't mind seeing the tape for my own improvement on the call.
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