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Originally Posted by nowhereman
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That's not clear enough to me at all.
If I catch the ball with one foot on the ground, I get two steps after the catch? So the second foot comes down as one step and the first foot re-positions after that. Am I allowed to pivot on my first foot? That could be construed as three steps. Or rather, the third step could be construed as a pivot.
If I catch the ball with both feet on the ground, do I still get two steps after the catch? If I slow down too much then two steps is an obvious case of switching pivot feet. So how slow is too slow? And again, may I pivot on either foot after the two steps?
And what if I catch the ball in the air? Still two steps? So basically it's the first scenario except the initial landing foot counts against the two steps.
If I have it right on the last two points, then catching on the ground allows a re-positioning of each foot, and catching in the air allows neither after the initial land.
I figure that something is wrong here, because it seems players would have the most freedom if they caught the ball with both feet on the ground. But when I watch them actually play, players in rhythm seem to make a concerted effort to gather the ball with only one foot on the ground before taking two steps, so I have to conclude that's the scenario with the greatest advantage somehow.
All of the above assumes there is no difference in the rule whether the player is catching a pass or gathering his dribble, but who knows.