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Originally Posted by BadNewsRef
As I said, it is confusing when trying to teach someone the rule. Introducing unnecessary stipulations will always confuse someone who is trying to grasp a point. Why add a whole bunch of what if's when you have 4 basic requirements that can be run as a checklist?
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Exactly....those 4 points are all you really need to understand backcourt violations.
The only note/modification I'd add would be that being last to touch the ball when it had FC status is NOT the same as last to touch the ball in the FC. What you said is entirely correct, just that I'd word it a little different: last to touch the ball before it returned to the BC.
Means the same, but perhaps clarifies the situation where in no one ever touches the ball while it is actually in the FC.
Same point applies to the 4th point as well.