Please clarify for me. I believe it is a technical foul for the defender to touch or grab or hit the ball while in the possession of the opponent player inbounding the ball, whether it is across the plane or not. You can warn them to stay behind the plane if they are simply aggressively jumping across the plane but it is a "T" if they touch ball.
The held ball concept if very foreign to me. I assume you mean that the offensive player reached across the plane with the ball and the defender grabbed for a held ball. If you mean behind the plane, this would open up a whole new strategy that would be impossible to enforce.
Additionaly, it is a technical foul on inbounder should he intentionally touch or strike the defender with the ball for any reason. For example, the inbounder while holding the ball to inbounds, reaches out and hits the opponent on the top of his head to either attempt to move him back or just to be ornery to the opponent. Right or wrong??
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