lifting the pivot foot

[erikengquist]

I think Ralph S. explained it best. What might have confused people was my description "lift the pivot foot and then step with the other foot." What I meant was "step with the non-pivot foot, *then* lift the pivot foot, and *then* shoot or pass." Envision Kareem Abdul-Jabbar preparing to launch a right-handed sky hook, which he always did with only his left foot on the floor. If Kareem were on the post having established his right foot as his pivot, could he then plant his left foot, lift his right (pivot) foot, and shoot? The answer appears to be yes.

Also, sorry to quote from the NBA rule book -- I just cut-pasted the text from it because the other rule books I found online were all in PDF format, and I was too lazy to retype the words.



[Edited by erikengquist on Nov 14th, 2002 at 06:29 PM]