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Hi, this is Travis on behalf of Expert Village talking to you about beginner basketball.
What we want to talk about now is the pivot foot. The pivot foot is the foot that you
last establish as your pivoting foot. For example if I'm dribbling down the court, when
I pick up my dribble, like this...well if I pick up my dribble while both of my feet
are planted, and not moving, like this, you can have a choice of which foot you want to
remain as your pivot foot or your base foot, which means you can step around, if I decide
to make it my right foot, you can step around all the way in a circle pivoting. So you can
come here, you can come back, you can step up, but you always have to keep that foot
planted whether you choose your pivot foot as your right foot or your left foot. Also
what you want to be careful of, and they'll call you for if you're in an officiated game
is a travel. And what that means is your pivot foot has to stay planted on the ground. If
you drag it just a little bit, you will get called for a traveling violation. So when
you establish your pivot foot when you stop, it's the foot that you decide is going to
be your base foot. So you can pivot around whether you want it to be your left or your
right, it's the last foot..let me show instead of telling you. So we're running down, and
I stop. I used my left foot to plant first while my right foot was still moving, so I
can't decide to make my right foot my pivot foot, it has to be that foot that was planted.
And then you can move around however you want. And that's the pivot foot.