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Originally posted by ace
And also- when dealing with out-of-bounds and back court calls a tip from the opposing team cancels A's team control right?
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Team control continues until the ball is in flight during a try for goal, an opponent secures control or the ball becomes dead. A tip does not qualify as "securing control," so team control continues.
Team control has nothing to do with out of bounds. The violation is called on the last team to touch the ball before the ball goes out of bounds.
Team control must exist in order to have a backcourt violation, but it is only one necessary element. The other three: the ball must have front court status, A must be the last to touch before the ball attains back court status, A must be the first to touch after the ball attains back court status. The tip by B means that A is not the last to touch---that's why there is no violation, not because of anything having to do with team control.