Jump stop?

[ChuckElias]

Originally posted by refTN
I don't know if they have changed the rule but they just don't judge too hard about whether the foot is on the ground when they gather the ball. They judge whether the gather was LATE or EARLY. LATE would mean you can pivot and EARLY means no pivot.

No offense, TN, but this is gibberish to me. Who cares if it's late (11:30 pm) or early (6 am)? Late or early has nothing to do with the rules. The rules say that if you catch the ball with one foot on the floor, etc. That's what you have to judge.

If you have a "rule of thumb" that says, "If you're not sure if his foot was on the floor, then assume it wasn't", that's fine with me. I can understand that. That's like "If you're not sure it's a 3, then it's a 2". Fine.

But early or late or virtually gathering, that's all nonsense. Ok? Whatever rule-set you're using, traveling comes down to identifying the pivot foot. Period. Find the foot when he catches the ball, and then you know if he still has a pivot after the jump.