A Complication
One additional note on the "jumping and landing front court then back court": There is an exception for a throw-in. A player can jump from the front court to catch the ball, land with one foot in the front court, then the second in the back court and he has legitiment back court status (no violation). The exception does not apply if a foot is touching the front court when he catches the ball.
The play I see more often and really confuses people is two guards bring the ball down the court. The player with the ball crosses the division line, establishing front court status. He then turns and passes the ball to his team mate, who leaps from the back court, catches the ball over the front court (ball does not break plane), and lands in the front court. The call is "over-and-back" because the ball achieved back court status when caught by the player with back court status (because he last touched the floor in the back court).
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