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Technically, at the Varsity level and higher, we probably see at least 20-30 travelling violations a game, because the players' feet are moving so quickly.
But often we choose to pass on the majority of them because (a) they're so bang-bang it's debatable whether they REALLY travelled, or (b) because no advantage was gained.
Most officials recognize when a player gains an advantage by violating the travel rule, or those that look SO BAD that we just HAVE to call it. In those sit's, we call it.
To me, this is no different than passing on ticky-tacky fouls. No one wants us calling 60 fouls a game. No one wants us to make 40 traveling calls either.
Having said that, I was at a camp last year where a coach was guest speaker...instead of a speech on coach/official relationship, we got a 1/2 hour lecture on how it burned him that we never call travelling on that quick guy coming around the screen, catching a pass, shuffling his feet, and nailing a 3-point shot. Go figure.
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