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Old Sat Apr 30, 2011, 03:23pm
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Pivot Foot
Was trying to explain to a non-basketball type what a Pivot foot is and how it relates to traveling...I failed because there was a blank, deer in the head lights reaction!

In Plain simple English, How would u answer this question.

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Old Sat Apr 30, 2011, 08:24pm
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The pivot foot is the one that remains planted when a player picks up his dribble and steps with the other one.

That's close enough for someone who doesn't need to call traveling. 'Pivot foot' means something quite different in baseball.
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Old Sat Apr 30, 2011, 09:08pm
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I find it interesting that a "non-basketball type" would be interested in an explanation of the pivot foot and how it relates to anything.

Or maybe I need an explanation of non-basketball type.
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Old Sat Apr 30, 2011, 10:33pm
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I find it interesting that a "non-basketball type" would be interested in an explanation of the pivot foot and how it relates to anything.

Or maybe I need an explanation of non-basketball type.
It is probably someone that is not a coach of basketball or a person that watches basketball but is not an official or understands many basketball rules. I do not know about you, but when people know I am an official I get asked questions all the time about situations people see on TV or rules they think an official have missed.

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Old Sun May 01, 2011, 09:18am
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Over the past eight months my family has gotten bigger with the addition of a Chinese daughter-in-law, and an Australian son-in-law. We will probably be going, as a family, to a minor league baseball game this summer. I'm sure that there will be a lot of questions. I can only hope that the infield fly rule doesn't come into play.
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Tell him that if you nailed his foot to the floor and gave him a basketball, that foot would be the pivot foot. If he doesn't understand, then illustrate it.
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Old Mon May 09, 2011, 02:09pm
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Pivot Foot
It's the foot that the coach of the team whose player has the ball never sees move.

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It's the foot of the player possessing the ball that the coach of the team on defense always believes has moved (and moved) without being seen by the official.
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Old Mon May 09, 2011, 02:36pm
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In Plain simple English, How would u answer this question.
If a player is holding the ball, and picks up one foot, the other foot is the pivot foot.
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Old Tue May 10, 2011, 02:41pm
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Was trying to explain to a non-basketball type what a Pivot foot is and how it relates to traveling...I failed because there was a blank, deer in the head lights reaction!

Headlight us. What did you tell him?
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Old Tue May 10, 2011, 04:50pm
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Best bet might have just been to relate it to the pivot cheek.
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