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Originally Posted by Camron Rust
JAR is right here. You don't have to know which was the pivot foot if both feet end up in new locations. Sure, one of them was and it would be nice to know but it is a travel not matter which one was when both feet have moved to a new spot.
There is, however, a window of time after the first foot comes down and before the second foot comes down where it could be a travel and you must know which was the pivot in order to know. But, again, once the 2nd foot comes down, it doesn't really matter. You could declare either one as the pivot and still be right.
The most common place I see this is around the 3pt arc....player catches the ball on the floor and inside the arc and steps back to take a jump shot from behind the arc and didn't do a jump stop. There is no possible way to get there without a dribble without traveling.
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Your point is the one I'm trying to make here. If you don't identify the pivot foot, you could very well call traveling on the play in the video before that right foot comes down. I want to know and want to be able to explain that well. I'd rather miss 5 close travels than call one that isn't there.
The play you mention at the end of your post -- I've seen that called many times on a player when he's already taking that step as he's catching the ball. Sure, it's traveling if he catches the ball and THEN moves both feet to square up to shoot, but that's not always what's happening there. If the first foot is already moving to the line, it becomes the pivot foot and the other foot can join it when the player squares up.
Just reinforces that it's important to know when the player gathers/controls and which foot's the pivot.