Have you seen these slow motion examples of traveling?

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by CMHCoachNRef

I agree with Jeff as far as IF you have to slow things down this much to see, it probably is not a good call to make. On the other hand, I think that the use of slow motion video can be very effective as a learning tool.

For example, many spin moves and other moves with the ball "don't look right", yet, we should NOT make a travel call simply because it "looks" like a travel. We can make use of slow motion replays to view those types of plays to be able to ascertain when there IS a bonafide travel and when a play that "looks" like one actually isn't.

Once we realize a strange looking play is/isn't a travel in slow motion, we can look at that same play at real speed KNOWING whether it is or isn't a travel to better train our eyes to ONLY make the travel call when the play "looks" like a travel and ACTUALLY IS a travel.

I did not say you cannot slow things down on video to see a play. I said that if you have to slow things down and that is the only way to determine by a split second if an actual violation takes place, then in reality it is not a good call. I use video replay all the time in classes or meetings and it is often that we might get a slow motion replay. If I have to look to see if a pivot foot moved slightly before the ball was released, then I think you will have a lot of travels in fast speed that might be wrong or inconsistent. Now I call a lot of these kinds of travels where the pivot foot is moved before a dribble, but those are very obvious and I would not need a tape to call those. You want to call the obvious travels, not what looks slightly bad.

Peace