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.

How is a step back not a travel?

In Basketball, traveling is defined as a possession when a player with the ball moves one or both feet illegally. When a player travel's, the referee blows their whistle and calls traveling. This results in a turnover on the team with possession of the ball. At times, step-back jumper looks like a travel.

Is taking 3 steps a travel?

When a player has taken more than three steps without the ball being dribbled, a traveling violation is called. In 2018, FIBA revised the rule so that one can take a "gather step" before taking the two steps. A travel can also be called via carrying or an unestablished pivot foot.

Is Yugo step a travel?

You can't hop and land on the same foot, regardless of the gather and number of steps.

Is the hop step legal?

However the case of so-called 'Hop step' has become violation as it is also a violation in the NBA. This means: A player may not touch the floor consecutively with the same foot or both feet after ending his dribble or gaining control of the ball.

Is The GIANNIS Euro Step LEGAL?

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.

Why don't they call traveling in the NBA?

As you shoot or pass, you're allowed to lift that foot and as long as it doesn't hit the ground before you unload the ball. That's not traveling, at any level of basketball. It's why young players are taught to jump stop – land on both feet at the same time – so that they can use either foot as their pivot foot.

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.

Is a drop step a travel?

If one foot is on the floor it becomes the pivot foot when the other comes down. So for this to be legal that drop step needs to occur during the catch, thus making it the pivot foot. Thx Z: I agree, it's a travel by the book, but it's rarely called.

Can you pivot after 2 steps?

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.

Can you step back without dribbling?

No, you cannot take two steps in basketball without dribbling the ball.

Can you travel while dribbling?

Some travel calls ain't travels. These include a legal jump stop, hustle slide, advancing without control of the ball and multiple steps during a dribble. Traveling is illegal movement by a player controlling (but not dribbling) a live ball inbounds.

Why James Harden step back is not travel?

NBA ref explains why the James Harden step-back jumper isn't traveling. The letter F. An envelope. It indicates the ability to send an email.

Who popularized step back 3?

Joel Embiid even does it, yet as great as all these players have been, the NBA has evolved into a three-point competition every night, and no one, possibly ever, has perfected the step-back three as well as James Harden.

Who invented Euro step?

Argentinian legend Manu Ginóbili brought the so-called Eurostep into the mainstream. Arriving in the NBA in 2002, three years after the Spurs used the next-to-last pick in the 1999 NBA Draft to obtain his rights, Ginóbili set the NBA ablaze with his unconventional moves. Chief among those was the Eurostep.

Can you drag your pivot foot?

This is a traveling violation. Once the offensive player establishes a pivot foot, he may move his other foot as many times as he chooses, but the ball must be out of his hands to pass or shoot before he moves his pivot foot.”

Why do NBA players take 3 steps?

EVIDENCE OF WHY "3 STEPS" ARE LEGAL:

Quote from NBA Rulebook. 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.

Is sliding your feet a travel?

Traveling (part 2): Player dives across the floor to gather in a loose ball and slides several feet once control of the ball is attained. By rule, this is not a travel. There are restrictions on what the player can and cannot do while in control and laying on the floor.

Can you double dribble in the NBA?

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.

Can you pro hop and take 2 steps?

You are allowed to jump twice, once as a hop step, and the second to shoot, you just can't land the second jump. In the 2017 playoffs lebron got called for a travel where he jumped in the air, looked for a man to pass to but couldn't find one and landed on the ground without passing it.

How many steps can you take without dribbling in basketball?

A player who gathers the ball while progressing may (a) take two steps in coming to a stop, passing or shooting the ball or (b) if he has not yet dribbled, one step prior to releasing the ball to start his dribble.

What is the key basketball?

The key in basketball is an area of the court that extends from the free throw line, or foul line, to the baseline, or endline. The baseline is the boundary line that runs along the edge of the basketball court, behind the backboard of the hoop, and determines when a ball is out of bounds.