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Traveling, in my opinion, is a very difficult call, especially on drives to the basket. Frankly, I am not good enough to pick up the pivot foot and referee the defense at the same time on drives to the basket. Traveling is a feel you must have. Watching tape helps. You get a feel for what is legal and what is not legal. In college and high school they generally allow for two steps even though it is technically illegal. A player who picks up his dribble with one foot on the floor can only take one more step because if he took two steps his pivot foot would be returned to the floor. In college and high school it is generally not called unless the two steps are big and the play looks too ugly. In pro basketball the players are allowed to have a two count rythm and the play is legal. My supervisor told me a good comment, if it looks illegal at the end of the dribble it probably is not. If it looks illegal at the beginning it probably is (i.e. lifting the pivot before dribbling). I stay away from travels unless obvious because tape seems to prove me wrong a lot when I call them.
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eli roe
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