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Originally Posted by Rob1968
Now, if after a score, the defender reaches over the OOB plane, and touches a pass between his opponents' teammates, it is illegal.
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Correct. Then it's the same as the defender reaching across to touch the ball while still in the in-bounder's hands -- a team technical.
The situation cited above is, BTW, why it's important to train officials never to casually leave the endline prior to the actual release of the inbounds pass. This habit, if engrained by casuality or indifference, will carry over to that rare occasion when the need to observe these kinds of plays and violations arises. The fallback to guessing will kick a guy in the butt. Therefore, trail--be trail. Don't leave that endline early on a throw-in.