Can you dribble after pivot?

You cannot lift your pivot foot off the floor until you shoot, pass, or begin dribbling the ball. You can not hold onto the ball for longer than five seconds. You can not change your pivot foot once it is established. If you were dribbling before pivoting, you can not start to dribble after you begin pivoting.
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Can you dribble after lifting pivot foot?

The pivot foot shall not be lifted before the ball is released to start a dribble.
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Can you take 2 steps after a pivot?

a. A player who receives the ball while standing still may pivot, using either foot as the pivot foot. b. A player who receives the ball while he is progressing or upon completion of a dribble, may take two steps in coming to a stop, passing or shooting the ball.
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Can you step through after a pivot?

It is not a travel to lift your pivot foot To shoot and pass. The only time you can't do it off a 1 step jump stop, Which occur while you catch ball on move with 1 foot on ground and than come to jump stop. In this scenario you have jump of both feet to shoot and pass.
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Is it a travel if you pick up your pivot foot?

Ruling 3: Before a player can travel, he or she must have first held the ball. Therefore, a player could move several steps, bobbling the ball without holding it, before establishing a pivot foot and without violating.
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Can you spin on your pivot foot?

It is illegal to lift and replant your pivot foot. It is illegal to lift your pivot before releasing the ball for a dribble.
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Can you lift your pivot foot to shoot or pass?

According to the rules, you can lift your pivot foot as long as you pass or shoot the ball before you put your pivot foot down again.
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Can you pump fake then dribble?

In basketball, a pump fake, or shot fake, is a fake shot attempt. It is a move used by an offensive player with the ball to get his/her defender off balance, off the ground, or generally out of the way. If a pump fake works, then the offensive player will have an open window to shoot, dribble, or pass the ball.
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Are you allowed 3 steps in the NBA?

At first glance, it sure looks like Harden is taking three steps before he scores the ball, which would be against the rules and should be whistled as a travel. But if you look at the NBA rule book and watch the play again, it's pretty clear this isn't traveling. It's a totally legal move.
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Is taking two steps without dribbling a travel?

Traveling is when a player takes more than two steps without dribbling or passing the ball. You can't travel while dribbling. In basketball, only a player who has control of the ball commits a traveling violation.
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Why is eurostep not a travel?

The NBA rulebook established a two-step rule in 2009, which permits a ball handler to take two steps in performing a layup or dunk. Since the Euro step is an offensive move that does not exceed the allotted two steps, it does not constitute a traveling violation.
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Is James Harden Stepback a travel?

NBA Referee on James Harden's Step-Back Jumper Not Being a Travel.
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Can you throw the ball off the backboard to yourself?

Self Pass Off The Backboard

Passing it off the backboard is completely legal. The reason it's legal a pass toward the backboard or rim is considered a shot. The referee has no judgement if the player is trying to score or trying to pass the back to themselves.
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Can you stop dribbling and start again?

A player may not dribble a second time after he has voluntarily ended his first dribble. A player who is dribbling may not put any part of his hand under the ball and (1) carry it from one point to another or (2) bring it to a pause and then continue to dribble again.
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Can you fake jump shot in basketball?

Basketball. In basketball, it is also known as a shot fake, and usually involves a jump shot, restrained before the feet leave the ground. The pump fake is a fundamental move in basketball, used to cause defenders to jump (known in basketball slang as "lifting" the defender) or be shifted off-balance.
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Can you jump stop then pivot?

When receiving a pass with a jump-stop, you can pivot after the jump-stop and either foot can become the pivot foot. A perimeter player can catch the ball with a jump-stop, and the pivot into triple-threat position if necessary and use the non-pivot foot for executing jab-step fakes or a drive step.
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Is a self lob illegal?

-- Blaise Bernie's answer: Yes. Under the traveling rule, a player who attempts a shot or pass may not be the first to touch the ball unless it touches the backboard, rim or another player. Therefore, a player can intentionally pass the ball to himself off the backboard or rim.
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Is it a travel if you catch your own airball?

When the ball leaves the hands of the shooter, the shot has ended so, when an airball is caught, it is not considered traveling because it is a new act of shooting the ball towards the opponent's basket. Catching your own airball is legal.
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Can you get your own rebound after a free throw?

At all levels, the opposing team may choose any player who is currently on the court to shoot the free throws and is then awarded possession of the ball after the free throws. Since there is no opportunity for a rebound, these free throws are shot with no players on the lane.
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Is Yugo step a travel?

You can't hop and land on the same foot, regardless of the gather and number of steps.
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Is a Euro step a travel in high school?

There is no mention of the euro step in the rule book. It is a move where players take their two steps in a non-linear fashion. That is all it is. It is not a travel.
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Why do NBA players take 3 steps?

EVIDENCE OF WHY "3 STEPS" ARE LEGAL:

You're allowed 2 steps upon completion of a dribble, so if you dribble while pushing off of one foot it is not counted toward one of your 2 allowed steps.
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