point of emphasis traveling

[CMHCoachNRef]

Originally Posted by mutantducky

and don't call a travel when a player makes a fast move or a good/unusual post move unless it is. I've seen too many of those called. for me too many refs call a travel because IT looks like a travel.

In all my years of going back and reviewing video tape of games, I will tell you that us referees MISS about 20 travel calls for every travel we call that is NOT a travel. 90% of the time a travel is called that is actually NOT a travel is on a "distance" travel -- i.e. a play in which a player covered a lot of ground even though the player used a legal number of steps.

[fullor30]

Originally Posted by dsqrddgd909

Perhaps I misspoke. I am trying to officiate all of the action in my primary and not simply ball watch. I do pick up the player with the ball and try to officiate the defense. The traveling I have been told I'm missing is when a player catches the ball, establishes the pivot foot and moves that foot before releasing the dribble.

Yep, that be the one...........