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Originally Posted by upprdeck
a few plays that happened this weekend in AAU
1) teams as the ball dribbles in the front court the D deflects the ball away from the dribbler who then jumps into the air catches the ball and lands in the backcourt.
if this happened on a throw in its a violation is it not on a regular play?
2) a team is trying to break the press dribbles and crosses mid court, the D deflects the ball back into the back court. The D chases to save it and realizes he is going to go out of bounds takes two steps never dribbles, and saves it by throwing it back over mid court to another defender .
3) a team is pressing, the offense throws a cross court pass and a defender running back towards the offenses basket intercepts the ball in mid air and lands in his back court.
in all three cases the refs ruled no violation? the case examples in my rule books dont cover any of these and I am a little confused by the term "control" when the plays are described in the rule book. in all three cases the ball seems to be in the front court and taken into the back court.
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1.) First play: To be clear, A1 (offense) is dribbling the ball in the frontcourt. B1 (defender) knocks the ball away. A1 jumps from his frontcourt, catches the ball, then lands in the backcourt.
This is a backcourt violation under NCAA/high school rules. If this was coming from a throw-in, this wouldn't be a backcourt violation (if you're asking if a teammate makes a clean catch in the air without the deflection by the defense) assuming the offensive player jumped and caught the ball in the air. If on a throw-in the ball is deflected, then an offensive player jumps from his/her frontcourt, catches the ball in the air, and lands in the backcourt, then it'd be a violation.
2.) This would be a backcourt violation under all major rule sets in America
3.) This is not a backcourt violation under any rule set. One of the specific exemptions allows a player from the team not in control of the ball to jump from their frontcourt, catch the ball in the air and make a normal landing without regard to the backcourt or not (and it wouldn't matter what foot landed first or not in the front or backcourt).
Team control is simple...team control is established when there's player control (holding or dribbling the ball) or when the ball is at the disposal of a team for a throw-in or a free throw. Team control only ends if there's a try (a shot attempt), then ball becomes dead (made shot, timeout, OOB, etc) or the other team gets control of the ball.