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Originally Posted by Nevadaref
9-9-1 . . . A player shall not be the first to touch a ball after it has been in team
control in the frontcourt, if he/she or a teammate last touched or was touched by
the ball in the frontcourt before it went to the backcourt.
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This is not the same meaning as
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4) that same team must be first to touch the ball after it has been in the backcourt.
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I don't have a FED book with me but the NCAA rule reads:
Rule 9 Section 12. Ball in Back Court Art. 1. "A player shall not be the first to touch the ball in his or her back court (with any part of his or her body, voluntarily or involuntarily) when the ball came from the front court while the player’s team was in team control and the player or a teammate caused the ball to go into the back court."
To me, B1 deflecting or hitting the ball in the air across the division line does not
cause the ball to have backcourt status. Just like deflecting or hitting the ball over the boundary line does not cause the ball to have OOB status.