Talk:Traveling (basketball)

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The comment about referees commonly ignoring travelling is given without citation, nor is it entirely accurate. Though I cannot recall the exact wording of the rules, it's related to something on the order of 1-1/2 steps. Hopefully someone with more initiative can check on this.

Before you put the ball on the floor to dribble or after you pick up your dribble, you can pivot on either foot. If you lift your pivot foot, you must pass or shoot before you put it back on the floor. This is why it's legal to do things like an "up-and-under" move, pull up for a jump shot after you've picked your dribble up, the sky hook, a fadeaway, or a pivot hook. This rule applies to high school ball, college, nba, and most other leagues.Altarbo 03:16, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

"Lifting the pivot foot alone does not constitute a travel; a player may pass, shoot, or call a timeout in that position. It is a travel once the foot is returned to the floor, or if a dribble is started." I'm confused why is this quote in the myths section of that page. I thought it was allowed according to nba.com's rules on traveling: "If a player, with the ball in his possession, raises his pivot foot off the floor, he must pass or shoot before his pivot foot returns to the floor. If he drops the ball while in the air, he may not be the first to touch the ball." http://www.nba.com/analysis/rules_10.html?nav=ArticleList I just wanted someone to look into this and clear the confusion.

-- Maybe the confusion is the way that section is called "Myths". Is each sentence a myth, or the counterstatement to some myth? This should be fixed.