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What is pivot in basketball?

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A pivot is when you leave one foot on the ground but you can move the other foot to look and see who is open but NEVER pick up the foot that you left on the ground the Ref would call a travel but you can only stay in the spot where you stopped to pivot I hopes this worked sorry if it doesn't makes sense

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Pivoting is when you have the ball in your hands and you turn around in any direction with one foot still on the ground.

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