Rules of Pivoting

[lukealex]

Originally posted by ysong

a player picked up his dribble and pivoted back and forth a couple times, then he tried to make a big step toward the basket. but because he wanted to cover a big distance with this step, instead of stepping (at least one foot on the floor at any given time), he in fact noticeably jumpped off his pivot foot before his non-pivot foot touched the floor, then he moved along and jumped off his non-pivot foot and made a basket, before his pivot foot ever touched the floor again.

With a quick look I couldn't locate rule 43-3(b) assuming you are referencing NCAA rules.

I did find rule 4-66, article 4(a) which is:
Art. 4. After coming to a stop and establishing the pivot foot:
a. The pivot foot may be lifted, but not returned to the playing court, before the ball is released on a pass or try for goal

This would make your original part 1 legal. I will find something in the FED rule and case book this weekend and report back Monday.

I'm done, going home, here comes the weekend