Travelling Call or Not???

[JC]

You have gotten a lot of good advice about how a pivot foot is established. That is crucial to getting the call right.

There are too many scenarios for me to remember them all - so the first thing I determine is the establishment of the pivot foot. Once I know which foot is the pivot, it is easy to see travelling.

It is travelling if the pivot foot is lifted before releasing the ball to begin a dribble, or if the pivot foot is raised and returned to the floor before releasing the ball on a pass or shot.

It is also very effective in explaining to a coach that questions a call if I can say, "His right foot was his pivot, and he raised it before dribbling." Works just as well to explain a no-call. If you can confidently say which foot was the pivot, you were watching much more closely than any one else in the gym, including the coach, and it helps your credibility.