Jump stop

[Ralph Stubenthal]

To me, the hardest part about a jumpstop is determining when the player stopped dribbling and which foot was on the floor when he did. High school boys can be very quick. Hopefully, we can get far enough from the action to get a little bit of a panoramic view but some of these kids get to gyrating and you think they are still going to dribble but instead they palm the ball with one hand and by the time you realize they have done this you are no longer sure how many steps they have taken. I hate to admit it, but many times I make the call or no-call on instinct.