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Originally Posted by Johnny Ringo
1) Wow, i did not realize there would be so much confusion with the OP.
Player stops dribble after they have jumped they land - jump stop (both feet at the same time - from there I was asking what can they do - and the answer that i no know is correct is they ARE allowed to pivot.
2) not sure i have seen to many plays where a payer goes off of one foot and can't pivot. Is it just me or does this not happen very often. Can someone give a clear example?
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1) The confusion might lie in people using different definitions of a "jump stop". It doesn't make any nevermind anyway from the git-go. You simply follow rule 4-44-2a. No muss, no fuss, no bother. If a player lands with both feet at the same time, then either foot can be the pivot. Rule 4-44-2a(1).
2) Again, rule 4-44-2a gives you the examples. If you land on one foot which is followed then by the other foot, the first foot to land is the pivot foot. That's rule 4-44-2a(2). You can also legally land on one foot, jump off that foot and land with both feet at the same time. In that case, there is
no pivot foot. That's rule 4-44-2a(3). That's the clear example that you wanted.
That's it.
Finito! That's what you call for the 3 legal landings allowed to a player who lands with the ball after being completely airborne. What they do after establishing their pivot foot, or establishing whether they can legally pivot or not, now determines any subsequent traveling call.
If you completely forget about "jump stops"
per se and simply learn the rule, you should never have a problem making the correct call.