Casebook 4.33

[ChuckElias]

Originally posted by dblref
When A1 "alights" on one foot, why doesn't this become his/her pivot foot?

You're not mis-reading. You just have misunderstood how the pivot foot is established. When one or both feet are off the ground, generally the pivot foot is not established until the second foot touches. If you catch the ball with one foot on the ground "it is the pivot when the other foot touches in a step." (4-43-2b.1) So if you catch it and then jump one foot, you haven't really lifted your pivot foot. Now when you land, however, you are not allowed to pivot at all.

Does that help?

Chuck