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Originally Posted by Snaqwells
Had a typical one last night. Ball in FC, player passes it to teammate who catches it jumping from BC to FC. He hadn't landed in the FC yet, I called the violation and his coach looked dumbfounded.
I said, "he caught it in the air," as I went back to lead.
Coach thought I meant the violation was for catching in the air and started to complain further. My partner told him what I meant and he let it go, but I learned a lesson.
1. You can't give a shorthand answer to a coach. Saying nothing would have been better here.
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Shaqs,
This is a rather common situation. As you have since stated, I simply state, "the player's status is based on where he JUMPED FROM until he lands, again -- he JUMPED from the backcourt and had not yet landed in the frontcourt. Therefore, the player had backcourt status when he touched the ball -- hence, the violation." Not shorthand, but still pretty quick.