Rules of Pivoting

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Originally posted by deecee
thats just reading to much into a rule -- so when i coach my kids i will tell them hey bobby just lift your pivot foot and stand on the other foot and just hop down the court -- its not a traveling violation because your pivot foot hasnt been put back down...

Um, I don't see how this is "reading to[o] much" into a rule. If the rule says that something is legal, then it's legal. Now I agree with you that this hopping scenario "should" be a travel. However, the rule I cited seems to say explicitly that it's legal. How do we reconcile this?