Is this a travel?

[Rita C]

This happened tonight. It looked so odd and the veterans I was working with hadn't seen it before so it provoked some discussion. I found nothing in the casebook that directly covered the situation.



Player is about 18" behind three point line, receives the ball. Then he jumps with both feet to a new spot. His feet come down simultaneously. He then makes a three point try. Did he travel?

Rita

[BktBallRef]

Traveling. A legal jump stop requires a player to jump off one foot. Jumping off both feet and returning to the floor is "up and down" in my driveway and traveling in a real game.

[APG]

If the player caught the ball with a foot on the ground, jumped, then landed on both feet, then the play is legal and the player would not have a pivot foot. If the player caught the ball with both feet on the floor, jumped, and landed again (regardless of simultaneous or not), then you have a travel. Colloquially known as "up and down."

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Rita C

This happened tonight. It looked so odd and the veterans I was working with hadn't seen it before so it provoked some discussion. I found nothing in the casebook that directly covered the situation.



Player is about 18" behind three point line, receives the ball. Then he jumps with both feet to a new spot. His feet come down simultaneously. He then makes a three point try. Did he travel?

Rita

the veterans have never seen a player jump from both feet and land on both feet? Happens all the time with a shooter who changes his mind after jumping. Travel.

4.44.3A (c) is pretty close. The ruling is the same, even though in your case B1 never touched the ball.

[DesMoines]

I don't read this as any different from what I see all the time in 9-10-JV girls games. They catch the ball set but take a little hop before the shot. Big hop or little one, still a travel.

[jeschmit]

In my neck of the woods we call this a "bunny hop," but it means the same thing... commonly missed by officials though.

[Adam]

Just to re-state, if the player catches on one foot and then jumps and lands on both, it's a jump stop. Even if they only cover a foot or so, and even if they move backwards. Unfortunately, it's hit or miss as to whether they do it correctly.