The pump fake, dribble drive, travel

[YKCornelius]

Ash and also Blanca and K9 took the step first and then began to dribble. In other words, they are doing what they would ordinarily do if they had not moved both feet before. If you ball or eye fake, you don't move your feet. Most of the time this happens when the player sets up for an outside shot only realizing that there is a clear path to the basket and then they begin a drive with a step not a dribble. Shoot the 3.

Stamfordhusky is correct. You can take a step after receiving the ball, but the ball has to be out of your hand heading towards the floor to begin your dribble before you initiate the second step with your other foot.

 

[BBallF]

Stamfordhusky is correct. You can take a step after receiving the ball, but the ball has to be out of your hand heading towards the floor to begin your dribble before you initiate the second step with your other foot.

Read my whole post. They all moved both feet upon receiving the ball because they were squaring up for a shot. Then they took a step without beginning to dribble. That's a walk. To state it differently they lifted up their pivot foot before they dribbled.

 

[Basingstoke]

Back to the offensive foul in Blanca. To my eyes, she split the 2 defenders and the one who frew the charge was a but off to her side and slightly late. I think that the call was wrong and the problem is that her move was just too fast for the referees to properly assess what happened.
It's my hope that refs go to the video to prep for UCONN before officiating their games. Her combination of size, speed and moves is pretty unique in the college game.

 

[FanSince17]

Back to the offensive foul in Blanca. To my eyes, she split the 2 defenders and the one who frew the charge was a but off to her side and slightly late. I think that the call was wrong and the problem is that her move was just too fast for the referees to properly assess what happened.
It's my hope that refs go to the video to prep for UCONN before officiating their games. Her combination of size, speed and moves is pretty unique in the college game.

What are coaches allowed to "challenge"?

 

[my2cents]

On a somewhat related rules question, the female announcer in the Ohio State - UConn game made a comment about an offensive foul that had just been called (it might have been on Blanca). She said that the offensive player "left her feet, which allows the defense to move in front of her and establish position" (to take a charge).

I believe this is 100% incorrect. I have always heard that a defender on a drive must establish his/her position BEFORE the offensive player starts his/her shooting motion, and leaving one's feet certainly implies that the offensive player has started his/her shooting motion. So if the defender moves into position to take contact after that, the foul is on the defender -- it is a block and not a charge.

Or is this the rule only in the NBA? I've heard that explanation most often while watching NBA games. But it makes perfect sense -- an offensive player who has started a shooting motion cannot change direction to avoid a defender who moves in front of him/her, so he/she should not be called for a charging foul. Is this the rule in WCBB also?

100% she was wrong.

 

[my2cents]

People have pretty much explained the travel rule well.
My issue where the game has changed, is that "step back' thing. It seems to have made a rule to allow a player a chance to get behind the 3 point line. No dribble, just move both feet behind the line. Caitlin Clark did it 5 times every game. The same move from a post player under the basic would be called a travel.
The other rule that is gone is the carry or palming the ball. ( Naismith would be turning over in his grave on this one). Those paused and delayed dribbles are mostly the players carrying the ball.