Maybe we're having a communication problem since its the written word.

 

Lets try this. Stand up right now while reading this and act like you have the ball. Pick a foot and have it be your pivot foot. Move the non-pivot foot. Now take a step on the non-pivot foot and lift your pivot foot and then hold it.

 

By what you're saying, you'd call a travel. That would be incorrect. My pivot foot is now the foot that's in the air. My non-pivot foot is the foot on the ground. Since its not a travel until my pivot foot (the foot in the air) touches the ground with me still having possession, why would you call a travel?

 

I am late into the conversation, but I thought that this was easy to understand...and a great analogy.:thumb:

A. That's not what the rule is saying.

 

B. You can take a "big step" to the other (non-pivot) foot and lift your pivot foot.

 

I'm not an official but I'll pay for your membership if a known official gets on here and tells me I'm wrong in regards to lifting your pivot foot without shooting.

 

Well, if that's the rule then so be it. That's not a move I'll ever be utilizing on the court and every time I've seen a player take a step as you're saying, it was called a travel. I guess it just looks like a walk or something.

 

Either way, you win. Congrats.

Well, if that's the rule then so be it. That's not a move I'll ever be utilizing on the court and every time I've seen a player take a step as you're saying, it was called a travel. I guess it just looks like a walk or something.

 

Either way, you win. Congrats.

 

On a side note, I warned you that he's a geek...:lol:

On a side note, I warned you that he's a geek...:lol:

 

Yeah, he should be a politician or an attorney. He could just go on and on until the voters surrender and vote for him :laugh:

Yeah, he should be a politician or an attorney. He could just go on and on until the voters surrender and vote for him :laugh:

 

It's easy to convince everyone you're right when...well, you're right...

It's easy to convince everyone you're right when...well, you're right...

 

I'm fully convinced. You guys are great. Good job :ylsuper:

Well, if that's the rule then so be it. That's not a move I'll ever be utilizing on the court and every time I've seen a player take a step as you're saying, it was called a travel. I guess it just looks like a walk or something.

 

Either way, you win. Congrats.

 

A. I guarantee you in your 25 years of playing you've done this exact same thing. Its a fairly common b-ball move (not the stork part) .

 

B. I think you're right on it being called a travel because it looks odd.

 

C. No contest , my friend. I'm just, as Sticky points out, a rules geek. I decided long ago to not yell at the refs until I knew the rulebook.

Yeah, he should be a politician or an attorney. He could just go on and on until the voters surrender and vote for him :laugh:

 

Hmm. I didn't know my wife posted on BGP. I swear I've heard the same thing as the above MANY times from everyone in my family.:lol:

My boy worked with one of the best shooters to ever play in NKY over past 35 yrs and he doesnt believe in them. Just going off of what he was saying to me one day. I figured he was right since he lit up the 9th Region when he played and went D-1AA I dont know.

 

:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:

So because someone who lit up the 9th region and played D-1AA basketball doesn't believe in them, they are automatically bad? :thumb: Well said.

 

I guess the guys in the NBA and D-1A college players using jump stops opinion's don't count for anything?

A. I guarantee you in your 25 years of playing you've done this exact same thing. Its a fairly common b-ball move (not the stork part) .

 

B. I think you're right on it being called a travel because it looks odd.

 

C. No contest , my friend. I'm just, as Sticky points out, a rules geek. I decided long ago to not yell at the refs until I knew the rulebook.

 

That wouldn't be a bad idea for a lot of ppl.:thumb:

You can't lift your pivot foot. Once you have the ball and have established a pivot foot, the only thing you can do is turn. If you lift it, move it, or slide it - its a walk.

 

NOT QUITE SO FAST ....... Once you lift your pivot foot you may pass or shoot. You cannot put it back down and you cannot start a dribble. Most often when the pivot foot comes up --- the crowd (and lots of coaches) yell walk. It almost is but not quite yet.

I know the rules pretty well. I have been playing basketball for 25 years including college basketball.

 

Please --- playing the game and knowing ( understanding ) the rules are soooo different.

Please --- playing the game and knowing ( understanding ) the rules are soooo different.

 

Patience KSCTU, patience. He comes around...:lol:

Patience KSCTU, patience. He comes around...:lol:

 

haha --- yes he did. You guys did well.

There's a move that Darius Miller has perfected. I hear howls from the other side of the gym every time he does it!

 

He has it down pat. I usually sit on the visitor side of the gym, and hear the fans complain about it quite a bit.