First, welcome to the forum. It's great to have non-officials come here to ask real questions, rather than trying to talk about the NBA MVP race.
Second, thank you for presenting plays and NOT criticizing the officials, even when you suspect that they may have gotten the call wrong. Oftentimes, the officials who work middle school games are just learning themselves. They make mistakes, and I personally appreciate that you didn't come here simply to rip them.
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Originally Posted by Yakivegas
1) Team A has the ball in their frontcourt. A1 (perhaps for reasons known only to her) dribbles the ball back toward the division line. In doing so, the ball and one foot remain in the frontcourt, but her other foot straddles the line into the backcourt.
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As others have already said, this is a backcourt violation. Once the ball attains frontcourt status and there is team control, then if any part of the ball or the player holding or dribbling the ball touches the backcourt (which includes the division line), it's a violation.
P.S. -- the rules for having frontcourt status are slightly different, depending on whether the player is holding or dribbling the ball; but in your play, there is definitely frontcourt status.
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2) Team A has the ball in the low post (let's say A5). Defender has established a legal guarding position. A5 backs in, and using her rear end, makes forceful contact with the defender, knocking her back a half-step or so.
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Strictly speaking, this is a player control foul on A5. The defender is dislodged from a legal position, and this is a foul. However, you'll see that this is tolerated a bit more at each higher level simply because the players can absorb that contact better. If the defender is truly dislodged and not simply giving ground, however, it should be a player control foul.
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3) Their point guard makes a cross court pass to her teammate, but that player had decided to cut to the lane. The ball hits in the vacated spot and bounces towards B's bench. There is not a player close enough to make an attempt at a save. The ball is heading OOB, bouncing directly at B's bench. A seated bench player reflexively/defensively grabs the loose ball just before it strikes her in the head.
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If, as you say, there was no player close enough to make a play on the ball, then this should simply be an out of bounds violation on the offense.
The only time I might consider a technical foul in a play like this one is if the bench player reached inbounds to grab the ball when an opponent had a chance to save it. If the bench player is simply sitting there and the ball comes right at him/her, there's nothing to penalize, IMHO.