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Originally Posted by Ed Maeder
9-8 states that "A player shall not be, nor may his/her team be, in continuous control of a ball which is in his/her backcourt for 10 seconds." There is no team control or player control on a throw-in (4-12-6), so until the throw-in has ended there can be no player or team control. The count would start when player control is established after the throw-in ends.
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Yup. The throw-in ends when the ball is
touched on the court. The 10-second count starts when the offensive team gains player control in their backcourt-i.e.a player is holding or dribbling the ball. There also might be a lapse of quite a few seconds between the end of the throw-in and the establishment of player control.
It always amazes me to see officials starting their backcourt count when the ball was touched but not controlled, and was still loose.