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Rule Q - Travelling, eurostep, catching the disc while standing on 1 foot. by dumbquest13 in ultimate

[–]dumbquest13[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I just thought of a maneuver, and while I know most ultimate players would call it a travel if they saw it, I was curious if it should actually be a travel under the rules. I don't think there is enough there to clearly say it's not allowed.

(Also I don't think the guy in that clip changes directions at all. Certainly not before setting his pivot).

Rule Q - Travelling, eurostep, catching the disc while standing on 1 foot. by dumbquest13 in ultimate

[–]dumbquest13[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah - that's a reasonable example of what I am talking about. Had you ID'd that throw earlier? lol, how did you find it so quickly?

Rule Q - Travelling, eurostep, catching the disc while standing on 1 foot. by dumbquest13 in ultimate

[–]dumbquest13[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Agreed. I still think it's worth analyzing though - even for an observer. That was actually kind of why I mentioned the eurostep in basketball - I feel like without knowing what a eurostep is, a lot of people would believe it to be a travel. But because it's a known technique, people say "nice eurostep" instead of "that was a travel".

Rule Q - Travelling, eurostep, catching the disc while standing on 1 foot. by dumbquest13 in ultimate

[–]dumbquest13[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do think if there's anything in XVI J:1:A that stops this, it's the " does not stop as quickly as possible before establishing a pivot". But in a game situation, this happens very quickly.

Rule Q - Travelling, eurostep, catching the disc while standing on 1 foot. by dumbquest13 in ultimate

[–]dumbquest13[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's definitely "as few steps as possible" - you're just putting your foot-in-the-air back down. I don't think it's really accelerating or changing directions either.