Traveling?

[Hawks Coach]

1. I don't see this happen that frequently.

2. It happens very quickly, and it may look like a travel to you, a 1-2 stop to another.

3. Blowing the whistle on a high speed play that doesn't even happen once every game probably has very little impact on what players do, in my experience - but it does leave them puzzled.

Bottom line, if you think they travelled, be sure before you blow the whistle. I saw Gonzaga whistled for a travel in their game that was just a blown call. Player pivoted, dribbled (releasing before lifting the pivot foot), pivoted back, kept pivot foot down and pivoted forward, lifted pivot foot and shot. And it wasn't that fast as post moves go. I thought great move til I heard the whistle - took it to slow mo replay (replay tv is great) and verified what I thought I saw the first time - pivot foot was never lifted and returned to the floor, no travel.