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Originally Posted by JRutledge
If you touch a ball that has yet to reach BC status, then you have violated the backcourt rule.
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I think this is the intent of the rule and the interpretation. Think of this example:
A1, in front court, passes the ball which B1 deflects. The ball bounces closely and parallel to the division line, staying in front court. A1 runs into the back court. With both feet in the backcourt, and the ball still in front court, A1 reaches over the division line and touches/possesses the ball.
I don't see how this couldn't be a backcourt violation. A1 clearly causes the ball to have backcourt status. Just as A1 would cause the ball to have backcourt status if straddling the division line. Just as A1 would cause the ball to have back court status if the deflection caused the ball to bounce in front court then in the air over the backcourt where A1 touches the ball before it obtains back court status.
If this truly is the intent, it could and should be written more clearly in the rules.