NFHS Interpt.

[bob jenkins]

Originally posted by Camron Rust

While I agree that it is traveling, I disagree with your reason. The pivot foot is not yet established when a player controls the ball and lands on one foot. It is only established when the other foot touches. This allows for the possiblity of the two-footed jump stop. If the pivot were establish when the first foot landed, the jump stop would be traveling (pivot lifted and returned). However, once landing on a single foot, the player has two choices: make it the pivot foot by stepping with the other or jump and land on both simultaneously--never having a pivot foot.

THere's some case (4.traveling.alpha) in the book about a player catching the ball with both feet on the ground, then jumping and returning to the floor. The reasoning for the ruling (travelling) is something like "after the movement, one of the feet will retroactively be considered to be the pivot."

That's what I meant above.