Stetson @ FGCU (Video)

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by just another ref

Are we still talking about the travel? The reason why it's a problem is the trend of not calling a travel continues to increase. Players at the high school level, naturally, imitate the moves that they see on tv, and if I "correctly" call a travel, the place goes nuts. So what's the solution?

I am sorry, but I do not see a travel. I see an issue of which foot he has established and certainly not enough to where I am going to say, "Damn that is a travel." Now if you are better at getting these, more power to you. I am at the lead likely looking for contact mainly. Maybe the Trail picks this up, but the are also likely looking at bodies in front of them or around them.

Sorry, but if this is missed, it is also missed at the high school level a lot. We are not pure and this move has nothing to do with what players see on TV. When you do call many travels players and coaches have no idea anyway why we call them. They do not get the concept of a pivot foot or what constitutes a travel anyway and complaining about it is not going to make them understand even more. Travels are hard to see often for a lot of reasons. I watch enough high school tapes to see this clearly. And I call my fair share of travels that I know many officials almost never call.

Peace