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Originally Posted by bas2456
Team A is bringing the ball up the court with some resistance from Team B. As T official, I'm counting and when I get to 9, A1 throws a lob pass across the division line. If I had kept counting, I easily would have gotten to ten. I didn't call a violation because I wasn't sure.
My question is, does someone have to catch the ball in order to "establish" position in the frontcourt?
Or is the ball crossing the timeline enough?
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The ball needs to obtain frontcourt status for the count to terminate, and therefore avoid the violation. The ball can obtain FC status by hitting the floor, hitting a player, an official, each solely in the FC, or the ball hitting the Team A basket ring/backboard.
If the ball is airborne from BC to FC and you hit 10, the correct call is a violation.