Fri Nov 30, 2001, 06:36pm
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In Memoriam
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Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: Houghton, U.P., Michigan
Posts: 9,953
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Quote:
Originally posted by Mark Dexter
Quote:
Originally posted by Hawks Coach
Mark, I actually see this backcourt violation as being more like this situation. B tips ball away from A and towards OOB, but A screws up and touches it before it goes OOB - clearly a violation on A which you should not contest. That midcourt stripe is just a boundary with some unique rules. A could have waited until ball went backcourt to touch again or cleanly secured the ball in the front court. But having touched it front court, A had 3/4s of the conditions met for a backcourt and met the fourth when they were first to touch backcourt.
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I never thought I would find myself saying this to a coach, but here goes:
Hawks Coach, your explaination was great and helped me to understand the rule.
(Now get back in the box, before I have to give my 6th "T" of the season!) 
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Mark,
One of the keys to understanding this is that Team control did not change when the defender only batted the ball.
mick
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