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Originally posted by w_sohl
After further reading the explinations I must agree that this is a BC violation. In lamens terms:
A player from the team in control must NOT be the last to touch the ball in the frontcourt and then the FIRST to touch the ball in the backcourt or you will have a backcourt violation.
Thank you all for this explination as now I will make the correct call should this ever happen to me.
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Not quite.
The team in control does not have to actually touch the ball in the frontcourt. They simply have to be the first to touch it after it was in the frontcourt.
Similarly, they do not have to touch the ball, they only need to be the first to touch after it has been in the backcourt.
Funky example:
You're playing on a cruise ship which crosses the international date line . . . (oops, wrong example!)
This would probably never happen according to the laws of physics, but let's assume it did. B2 just scored, and A1 inbounds to A2 (from OOB!!!!!!). A2 dribbles upcourt and, while in the backcourt, throws a bounce pass to A3 who is in the frontcourt.
The ball hits the floor in the FC, then bounces into the BC, and finally bounces into the FC where A3 eventually picks up the ball - Backcourt Violation.
Separating the two, let's take the touching the FC. A1 and A2 are standing in the backcourt near the dividing line. A1 bounce-passes to A2, and the ball bounces in the front-court and then to A2. Backcourt violation in this case.
For touching the BC, A3 is dribbling in the FC. The ball gets away from him, touches the halfcourt line (which is, remember, in the backcourt), and then bounces back into the frontcourt where A3 picks the ball up - once again, a backcourt violation has occured.