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Originally posted by Ralph Stubenthal
I appreciate your answer but you expounded on everything except the question I asked about. When a player jumps into the air with 1 foot out of bounds and catches the ball, he is OOB. With that in mind, I fail to understand why the player who jumps to catch a pass with a foot in front and the other in back court has backcourt status. Please explain, thAnks, Ralph.
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Ralph,
Maybe this will help, if I understand what you're asking:
1.
A player needs both feet in the front court (or both + the
ball if dribbling) in order to obtain FC status.
2.
A player who jumps retains the status he had while on the
floor (as you pointed out in your OOB example).
So, a player with 1 foot in the BC has BC status. When he
jumps he still has BC status. He can catch the ball and
legally land in the FC or the BC, but remember to keep
counting to 10 if he lands BC.
Also, remember it's legal for a defensive player to
jump from his FC, steal a pass and land in his BC (exception
to the rule to not penalize good play) and all bets are off
generally on a throw in and jump ball. In these cases it is
a violation if the player who catches the ball in the air
had FC status (jumped from FC) and *passes* the ball to a
team mate with BC status. I think that covers all of it.