Thread: NFHS Interpt.
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Old Thu Oct 17, 2002, 01:21pm
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Originally posted by bob jenkins


If a player hops and lands on the same foot, the pivot foot has moved (in excess of prescribed limits) -- that's traveling.
While I agree that it is traveling, I disagree with your reason. The pivot foot is not yet established when a player controls the ball and lands on one foot. It is only established when the other foot touches. This allows for the possiblity of the two-footed jump stop. If the pivot were establish when the first foot landed, the jump stop would be traveling (pivot lifted and returned). However, once landing on a single foot, the player has two choices: make it the pivot foot by stepping with the other or jump and land on both simultaneously--never having a pivot foot.
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