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Old Tue Feb 08, 2011, 10:50pm
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Hello,

I feel that I am not understanding traveling violation enough to call it often.

Any help on clarifying traveling in game situations...

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Old Tue Feb 08, 2011, 10:51pm
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Give us some specific plays/scenarios.
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Old Tue Feb 08, 2011, 10:51pm
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One situation that's particularly tough to call sometimes is when A1 lifts his pivot foot before starting a dribble.
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Old Tue Feb 08, 2011, 11:23pm
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Give us some specific plays/scenarios.
1) Player rolls around with the ball on floor..but does not ROLLOVER from Back to front or front to back.

2) Player sits on his butt with the ball

3) player drops to his knee while holding the ball
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Old Wed Feb 09, 2011, 12:45am
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1) Player rolls around with the ball on floor..but does not ROLLOVER from Back to front or front to back.
I don't know what that means, "rolls around with the ball." If he's on his back or belly and rolls over, it's traveling. Opinions very on whether roll over means to his side or from back to belly or belly to back. If he rolls from either to his side, I have traveling as that's what the rule clearly states to me.

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2) Player sits on his butt with the ball
It's nothing unless he attempts to get up.

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3) player drops to his knee while holding the ball
Always traveling anytime a player holding the ball tocuhes the floor with any part of his body other than his foot or hand.
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Old Wed Feb 09, 2011, 03:29pm
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More for rookies ...

What if player with the ball is flat on his back and does a sit-up to a sitting position?

What if a player with ball has established left foot as pivot, drops to his right knee, but maintains his left pivot foot?
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Old Wed Feb 09, 2011, 04:21pm
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Opinions very [sic] on whether roll over means to his side or from back to belly or belly to back. If he rolls from either to his side, I have traveling...
As do I. I've never had a clear-cut line drawn on the "roll over" rule, but as I understand it, belly/back to side (90 degrees) is enough for a travel. I think this rule could use a rewrite, for clarity's sake and get everyone on the same page.
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Old Wed Feb 09, 2011, 04:24pm
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3) player drops to his knee while holding the ball

Always traveling anytime a player holding the ball tocuhes the floor with any part of his body other than his foot or hand.

Does that apply if he continues his dribble and stands up?
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Old Wed Feb 09, 2011, 04:26pm
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3) player drops to his knee while holding the ball

Always traveling anytime a player holding the ball tocuhes the floor with any part of his body other than his foot or hand.

Does that apply if he continues his dribble and stands up?
Ask yourself this, is it possible to travel while dribbling?
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Old Wed Feb 09, 2011, 04:27pm
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Any help on clarifying traveling in game situations...

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Identify the pivot foot.

Coach: Thats a travel
Me: Which foot did you have as the pivot
Coach: ????
Me: STFU (in my head)
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Old Wed Feb 09, 2011, 07:55pm
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Clarifying traveling in game situations.
(Please note: The Mythbusters do not usually deal in complex travel issues such as those involving jump stops. Please consult your rulebook for this information.)

The traveling rule is one of the most misunderstood rules in basketball. To start a dribble, the ball must be released before the pivot foot is lifted. On a pass or a shot, the pivot foot may be lifted, but may not return to the floor before the ball is released. A player may slide on the floor while trying to secure a loose ball until that player’s momentum stops. At that point that player cannot attempt to get up or rollover. A player securing a ball while on the floor cannot attempt to stand up unless that player starts a dribble. A player in this situation may also pass, shoot, or request a timeout. If the player is flat on his or her back, that player may sit up without violating.

During a fumble the player is not in control of the ball, and therefore, cannot be called for a traveling violation. A fumble is the accidental loss of player control when the ball is unintentionally dropped or slips from a player’s grasp. After a player has ended a dribble and fumbled the ball, that player may recover the ball without violating. Any steps taken during the recovery of a fumble are not traveling, regardless of how far the ball goes and the amount of advantage that is gained. It is always legal to recover a fumble, even at the end of a dribble, however that player cannot begin a new dribble, which would be an illegal dribble violation. A player who fumbles the ball when receiving a pass may legally start a dribble.

The shooter can retrieve his or her own airball, if the referee considers it to be a shot attempt. The release ends team control. It is not a violation for that player to start another dribble at that point. When an airborne player keeps control of an attempted shot that is blocked and is unable to release the ball and returns to the floor with it, that player has not traveled; it is a held ball. If, in this situation, the shooter loses control of the ball because of the block, then this is simply a blocked shot and play continues. If, in this situation, the defender simply touches the ball, and the airborne shooter returns to the floor holding the ball, it’s a traveling violation. When an airborne player tries for goal, sees that the try will be blocked, purposely drops the ball, and picks up the ball after it hits the floor, that player has traveled by starting a dribble with the pivot foot off the floor.

Palming or carrying is when the ball comes to rest in the player's hand, and the player either travels with the ball, or dribbles a second time. There is no restriction as to how high a player may bounce the ball, provided the ball does not come to rest in a player’s hand. Steps taken during a dribble are not traveling, including several that are sometimes taken when a high dribble takes place. It is not possible for a player to travel during a dribble.
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Some simple things:

If they lift their pivot foot before dribbling = travel

If they change their pivot foot = travel

If they lift their pivot foot and pass/shoot before putting it down = Fine

If they leave the floor holding ball and come back down with it =Love of gawd call something.

IMO: I try to avoid calling "it looked funny". If after the fact I realise it was a travel, they got away with one. If I don't see the traveling footwork I don't call it.
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Old Wed Feb 09, 2011, 11:58pm
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3) player drops to his knee while holding the ball

Always traveling anytime a player holding the ball tocuhes the floor with any part of his body other than his foot or hand.

Does that apply if he continues his dribble and stands up?
Alway? What if a player while gathering the ball momentum takes he or she to the floor.
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Old Thu Feb 10, 2011, 12:08am
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Why do you guys make this stuff difficult?

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Alway? What if a player while gathering the ball momentum takes he or she to the floor.
We said from the get-go if the player was HOLDING the ball. If he's holding the ball when he touches the floor with anythign other than his hand or foot, it's traveling.

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3) player drops to his knee while holding the ball

Always traveling anytime a player holding the ball tocuhes the floor with any part of his body other than his foot or hand.

Does that apply if he continues his dribble and stands up?
If he's HOLDING the ball, he's not DRIBBLING, is he?

You can't travel unless you're HOLDING the ball.*
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Old Thu Feb 10, 2011, 09:08am
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3) player drops to his knee while holding the ball

Always traveling anytime a player holding the ball tocuhes the floor with any part of his body other than his foot or hand.


Always is a strong word because if you are in one of those places that uses NCAA women's rules ( such as colleges) and NYS high school girls basketball this is not a travel violation. It is recognized that just dropping to one kneee does not necessarily mean the pivot foot moved illegally.
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