Takes me back to my military days with trainees and trying to teach them how to march.......

Civil War ???
 

Hayfoot. Strawfoot.

Some couldn't be taught.


My instructor got so frustrated once he halted us with, "Hippity Hop, Flight Stop." I had a hard time keeping a straight face.

may i know how to determine if a dribble has ended.

it's easy if the guy simply picks up the ball immediately after a dribble bounce, but some advance guards like to keep the ball alive as in not Holding or Palming the ball but hand in contact with the ball in normal dribble motion and when there's an opening holds the ball last second pass/shoots. So would the pivot foot be achieved the moment the ball touches the player's hand or the moment the player holds the ball?

or do you see the foot on the floor the moment the player's hand is in contact with the ball should there be no further dribbling as the moment the dribble has ended irregardless how the hand is in contact with the ball (whether it's holding/palming or dribble motion)?

You still haven't answered what rule set you're looking for an answer for. I think you're looking for FIBA rules, but if you're not, you need to specify

Generally, the dribble ends when the dribbler touches it with both hand simultaneously or allows the ball comes to rest in one or both hands.

At this point you're going to have to determine the pivot foot. If the official determines the dribble ends and the player has one foot is on the floor, that foot becomes the pivot foot once the other touches the floor. If he ends the dribble with both feet in the air, it'll depends. If he lands simultaneously on both feet, then either foot can becomes the pivot foot. If they don't land simultaneously, then the first foot that lands on the ground will be the pivot foot after the other foot touches the floor.

Those are the situation from which you can end the dribble and establish a pivot foot. There are scenarios, that involve the a jump stop (also known as a pro hop for which I think you asked about when you first posted here) where the player would not be able to pivot afterward.

Now I'm pretty sure FIBA rules with establishing the pivot foot are the same as NFHS (high school) and NCAA rules. These situations would play out different under NBA rules, so when you mention an NBA spin move, know that there are moves that are legal under NBA rules that are by rule violations under different rule sets.

i would like to know mainly NBA, Fiba rule.

i will try to draw out illustration later to help visualize as i think it may be abit difficult to imagine when i say ball in contact with 1 hand but not holding.

it's something like a dribble with ball on hand suddenly turn into holding the ball instead of holding the ball right after a dribble, something like hesitation then hold the ball.

Did a sketch to try to illustrate better. the left side is a normal dribble the right one shows a 360deg spin similar to the one in the video but hand in spin dribble motion instead of

http://imageshack.us/a/img856/4067/pivotv.jpg

Just wondering at which stage in the 2 scenarios would a referee determine that the dribbling has ended and pivot foot established?

By learning to officiate.

bump for enlightening.

I already gave you an answer for when the dribble ends and how to determine the pivot foot.

Now you're just trolling.