Forum: Basketball
Tue Aug 13, 2013, 05:02pm
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Replies: 48
Views: 34,810
Keep It Simple ...
Here are the simple parts: Once a player stops dribbling and holds the ball, he establishes a pivot foot. On a pass, or a shot, the pivot foot may be lifted, but may not return to the floor before...
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Forum: Basketball
Tue Aug 13, 2013, 04:47pm
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Replies: 48
Views: 34,810
Cha-Cha-Cha ...
If this takes place before the player holds the ball, then it has absolutely no bearing on a travel, or a no travel, call. If this takes place after the player holds the ball, then easy peasey lemon...
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Forum: Basketball
Tue Aug 13, 2013, 04:42pm
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Replies: 48
Views: 34,810
Pivot Foot ...
Grabbed? That's holding the ball. Identify a pivot foot and realize that there on now restrictions on moving that pivot foot.
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Forum: Basketball
Tue Aug 13, 2013, 04:40pm
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Replies: 48
Views: 34,810
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Forum: Basketball
Tue Aug 13, 2013, 04:30pm
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Replies: 48
Views: 34,810
We'll Be Taking Depositions Early Next Week ...
BadNewsRef, Esquire, is correct. No way will I let potato make a common, ordinary, garden variety, travel violation call be more difficult than it actually is. I normally like a challenge, but this...
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Forum: Basketball
Tue Aug 13, 2013, 04:12pm
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Replies: 48
Views: 34,810
Step On It ...
Listen to bob, and to JRutledge. It's not about counting steps. It's never about counting steps. Never has been about counting steps. Never will be about counting steps. It's about the pivot foot,...
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Forum: Basketball
Tue Aug 13, 2013, 12:33am
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Replies: 48
Views: 34,810
Stop Counting Steps ...
"3-4 steps"? Stop counting steps. Counting steps has nothing to do with traveling, it's all about identifying a pivot foot and knowing the limitations on the player's pivot foot once that player...
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Forum: Basketball
Tue Aug 13, 2013, 12:20am
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Replies: 48
Views: 34,810
Words Get In The Way (Gloria Estefan) ...
"Stay on my hand"? That's holding the ball, dribble has ended, now you have limitations in regard to what you can, and cannot, legally do.
"Lateral movement"? Once that hand gets to the point...
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Forum: Basketball
Tue Aug 13, 2013, 12:05am
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Replies: 48
Views: 34,810
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Forum: Basketball
Mon Aug 12, 2013, 11:59pm
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Replies: 48
Views: 34,810
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Forum: Basketball
Mon Aug 12, 2013, 11:52pm
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Replies: 48
Views: 34,810
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Forum: Basketball
Mon Aug 12, 2013, 11:45pm
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Replies: 48
Views: 34,810
Throw Out The Baby WithThe Bathwater ...
While palming, or carrying, is a legitimate violation in basketball, in reality it's actually either a travel violation, or an illegal (double) dribble violation, depending on whether, or not, the...
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Forum: Basketball
Mon Aug 12, 2013, 11:34pm
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Replies: 48
Views: 34,810
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Forum: Basketball
Mon Aug 12, 2013, 06:14am
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Replies: 48
Views: 34,810
Does This Help ???
While dribbling, a player can slam the ball down onto the court with such force such that it bounces twenty-five feet into the air, and then take fifteen steps while the ball is in the air, and not...
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