Fun With A Drive To The Hoop ...

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

He did not stop his dribble with both feet in the air. He stopped his dribble with the left foot on the floor and landed on both feet as close to simultaneously as you can. After that, he has traveled if he picks up and puts down either foot.

Hard to see, but you saw it, and I believe it.

I like your citation, it's different than mine, but yours, unlike mine, is the correct citation.

4-44-2-B: A player who catches the ball while moving or dribbling may stop and establish a pivot foot as follows: If one foot is on the floor: It is the pivot when the other foot touches in a step. The player may jump off that foot and simultaneously land on both. Neither foot can be a pivot in this case.

Originally Posted by BillyMac

However, in this video it’s very difficult to determine if the ball handler had his right foot on the floor when he first catches the ball. If his right foot was on the floor when he caught the ball, that would be his pivot foot, and it was lifted, and returned to the floor, before the ball was released on a pass, or try for goal, thus illegal, and a travel violation.

My alternate (hard to see) illegal call was correct, but for the wrong reason.