Travel or not...

[chartrusepengui]

You guys should all know about the pivot butt. At one point in your careers you must have been told to "sit on it and rotate!!"

[Splute]

Originally Posted by chartrusepengui

You guys should all know about the pivot butt. At one point in your careers you must have been told to "sit on it and rotate!!"

Oh, now it makes sense.... I was so hoping she was flirting instead.

Your "pivot cheek" huh Mark.... your slipping away again, get a grip man!!

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by tnsteele95

Player with ball in hand and without moving his feet, falls to the floor. Is this a travel?

NFHS -- travel.

But I believe there was a test question on an NCAA test a couple years ago where the player fell to one knee and the answer was that this was legal, specifically because the pivot foot didn't move. Anybody else remember that?

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by chartrusepengui

you must have been told to "sit on it and rotate!!"

Uh, no. Potsie graduated a couple years ahead of me.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

NFHS -- travel.

But I believe there was a test question on an NCAA test a couple years ago where the player fell to one knee and the answer was that this was legal, specifically because the pivot foot didn't move. Anybody else remember that?

That is the NCAA interp. If they fall "entirely" to the ground, though, it's traveling. (I'm sure that's not the exact wording -- I don't have the interp book with me)

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

NFHS -- travel.

But I believe there was a test question on an NCAA test a couple years ago where the player fell to one knee and the answer was that this was legal, specifically because the pivot foot didn't move. Anybody else remember that?

That was the NCAA Womens interp.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

There is no citation, as you know. A player sitting up can make normal movements to keep the ball away from an opponent, as in twist at the waist, move their arms, etc. They cannot swivel per se while sitting there. If they turn in a part-circle on their butts, they're traveling.

Got a rules citation? Is there a rule which prohibits this action?