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Originally Posted by BillyMac
In terms of officials knowing backcourt rule and interpretation, agree 100%.
However, a throwin from the frontcourt endline that is touched (no player control) by the offense and goes into the backcourt where it is retrieved again by the offense will generate a greater negative crowd reaction (coaches and players seem to understand the rule) than the same exact play from a sideline throwin.
I've been hearing moans, groans, and jeers from fans for forty years.
This is one of those plays where I wish I could stop the game and explain the real rule to the fans, "There was no player control and team control established in the frontcourt".
Grandmas and Grandpas don't seem to understand the backcourt rule and interpretation.
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Not only that, coaches don't understand it. I bet I had 7-8 "last to touch/first to touch" backcourt violations this season, all of them after the defense had tipped the ball in the frontcourt, then the offense touches it before it goes into the backcourt where they touch it first. They are convinced that if the defense tips the ball, all bets are off and backcourt isn't possible.