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Originally Posted by pitchfork

All of you are making this way too hard. Coaches(lute Olson, Ralph Miller, Tex Winter and John Wooden come to mid) teach 2 types of jump stops. 1) a one count jump stop( opon landing you may pivot shoot or pass or even execute a step through move where the pivot foot can be lifted) 2) a Two count jump stop(opon landing you have no pivot foot and may shoot or pass or lift one foot to shoot or pass)

1) I agree that nearly everybody is making this too hard.

2) I don't think the one-count/two-count terminology makes it any easier. That's NBA terminology. I have to admit that I never played college ball, but I've never heard any college coach use that terminology. Even if it is a coaching term, that doesn't mean we should adopt it. No coach ever said to me "That's a good two-count stop!" after a travel call.

3) Officials simply need to learn the rule, without worrying about whether the move is technically a "jump stop" or not.

(a) Catch the ball in the air, and land on two feet -- either foot is the pivot;
(b) catch the ball in the air and land on one foot followed by the second foot -- the first foot is the pivot;
(c) catch the ball in the air and land on one foot, jump and land on two feet -- no pivot.

That's all any official needs to know.

4) I agree that this is called very inconsistently at the high school level.