A Common Travel Scenario?

[Alex Peters]

This is a pretty common scenario that I can't entirely nail down in
the rules whether or not it is actually a travel.

A right handed thrower catches the disc and takes a few steps, let's
say 4 ground contacts. Left, right, left, right (both feet are now
touching the ground). Since he is a right handed thrower, you would
expect a left foot pivot. Since he is moving in a straight line, he
hasn't traditionally "pivoted" although the last step is shifting his
weight to throw. He shifts all his weight to his right leg and throws
the disc, massively dragging his left foot along the way, his right
foot never moving.

Travel, because of the drag? No travel, because he is establishing
his right foot as his pivot and not his left? Travel because he could
have easily stopped on his left foot and not dragged (failure to stop
as quickly as possible and establish a pivot). If he is winding up
during his last step does that commit him to a left foot pivot, or
just if he begins the throwing motion?

[Colin]

Just to be clear, in this hypothetical, did the player ever come to a
stop? This sounds like someone trying to throw without coming to a
stop, but failing to do it before the third ground contact.

Taking the disc out of the equation, if I were to walk three steps and
then drag my foot for my fourth step, I don't think you'd say I ever
came to a stop, especially if I took a fifth step..

Also likely didn't come to a stop as quickly as possible in terms of
size of final step and existence of final step.