Question about traveling...

[Adam]

Originally Posted by greatgamer

This is maddening trying to describe this on the forums. I wish there was a player who did this, on video.

Correction: He is not moving his pivot foot.

I repeat, he is not moving his pivot foot.

Everybody keeps saying "pivot foot THIS" and "pivot foot THAT." He did NOT move his pivot foot. He made his last dribble with his RIGHT FOOT, skipped, caught the ball and landed on his RIGHT FOOT (THIS IS NOW HIS PIVOT), and then took another step with his LEFT FOOT and shot the ball.

Here's the deal. If he ended his last dribble with either foot on the floor; THAT FOOT IS HIS PIVOT FOOT. If he jumps off this foot, it's a travel when he lands. The only way he can jump off this foot and land with the ball legally is if he lands on both feet at the same time.

If he ended his dribble with both feet in the air, the first foot down is the pivot foot, unless he jumps off of it. If he jumps off it, he must land with both feet simultaneously. If he does as you suggest, it's a travel.