NFHS Rule 4.44 - Traveling - Is a jump stop a traveling violation or not?

This is Rule Review covering plays involving traveling, specifically talking about the jump stop and step back move. This video is dedicated to educating basketball officials on recognizing how to identify the jump stop and step back properly. Watching actual videos of plays involving traveling, along with some basic instruction explaining each rule, helps officials learn faster and retain rule information better. We can all learn together by continually discussing the rules as they are written in the NFHS rules book and viewing actual high school basketball games reinforces that learning.

Because traveling can be a complicated concept it is often misunderstood, especially when it comes to the jump stop and step back. Instead of guessing on traveling plays and grouping all similar looking plays into the same category, it is important we, as officials, understand all the components that go into what makes a jump stop move legal or not. Was the player moving or dribbling? At what point did they stop and hold the ball? This is what we will be reviewing in this segment of Rule Review. All video clips we reference in this segment on traveling come from high school games and focus solely on the NFHS high school rules book.

Video #1
- A drive to the basket made by a dribbling player who jumps high into the air with the ball and comes back to the floor before shooting. This play was allowed to continue by the officials. Watch to find out why.
Video #2
- Another move down the lane with a jump stop performed by the player. This play looks the same as the first, but it is NOT. Should this have been a traveling violation?
Video #3
- A jump stop play was called a traveling violation but when did the player catch and hold the ball? This is important to know to determine pivot status.
Video #4
- A step back move was correctly made by this player but how do we know? When you break down a step back move, it is simply a jump stop, backwards.
Video #5
- Another step back but this one was called a traveling violation. Were they different or was the officials incorrect? Watch to find out.

Watching video clips is a good way to stay connected to the skill of officiating basketball but true education and learning can more effectively be attained when each video is annotated with diagrams and shading to point out key teaching points.

The Officials Institute, and the Rule Review segment, creates videos that don't leave you guessing about whether there was a foul, violation or not. Even though we cannot officiate in slow motion or freeze frames, by watching and reviewing video video in this fashion, we are able to "retrain our brain" so we can start seeing plays more accurately when we do see them in real time and increase our ability to get the call right.

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All rules referenced in this video are taken from the official rules book provided by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS). To find out more about the NFHS, you can visit them at https://nfhs.org/