Thread: "Over The Back"
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Old Wed Nov 17, 2004, 09:16am
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Originally posted by bob jenkins
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Originally posted by brandan89
I hear coaches and parents hollaring "OVER THE BACK" at the local childrens league. I know there is no "over the back" but where did this originate?
"Over the back" is a reasonable description of the common rebound foul. Unfortunately, becasue it's sometimes a foul, some have come to believe that it's aways a foul.

That doesn't follow logically -- but some parents / fans / coaches (and, yes, officials) don't have much logic.

(It's the same with "reach" -- being a reasonable description of illegal use of hands).

Last time I checked it wasn't a foul to be "over the back" it was a foul to be on the back.
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