Quick feet and travel violation

[BryanV21]

Originally Posted by gojeremy

1st year official looking for advice again. Hard to describe but a player on top of the key makes a drive to the basket. It seems as though the feet start moving right as or just before the dribble is initiated. It looks like a travel but it happens so fast I'm not always positive. I see this a lot and I'm never sure what to call. I hope everyone understands what I'm trying to describe.

Get the pivot foot as soon as you can, and watch that for movement. If the foot is lifted off of the floor before the dribble you have a travel. It takes time to get used to the speed of the play.

[OrStBballRef]

Originally Posted by BryanV21

Get the pivot foot as soon as you can, and watch that for movement.

+1

Starting talking to yourself as a player controls the ball "ok which foot is the pivot foot?' "left foot is the pivot foot' and then based on the players action with that foot determines whether you have a travel or not.

Practice over and over getting the pivot foot and you'll start getting more comfortable with the travelling call.....

[Amesman]

Many times, it will look like a "scissor-kick" where the ballhandler juts one foot forward and one back before starting to dribble. Bing.

The heck of it is, it's counter-productive: There's no push-off to start a drive/dribble. But it happens a lot. Including with very quick players.