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Expert: - 8/13/2008


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why is it in basketball when you are doing a layup you can take 2 steps without bouncing but when your normaly running and bouncing you can't take those 2 steps it just does not make any sense to me at all.

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HI Dani,

the reason your allowed to take two steps when doing a layup is just because your in the motion of shooting. When your dribbling up the court  and not making a shot attempt, it puts you at an advantage if you get to take two steps, and puts the defense at a disadvantage. I know it doesn't make sense, but it's just one of those rules.

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My expertise is in the art of Officiating Basketball and I can answer questions pertaining to basketball rules; youth level through CIF High School, NCAA college and NBA rules as well. I can either help define a specific rule for you, or interpret a specific rule to clarify how other officials and I view and call the game.

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