Backcourt Violation or Not?

[bucky]

Originally Posted by Rich

3 points only applies on a dribble. If she's holding the ball and the only part touching is in the frontcourt, the ball has frontcourt status.

I do not ever see her holding the ball in the video.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by bucky

I do not ever see her holding the ball in the video.

How does she pass the ball? At that moment the dribble's ended and the ball has frontcourt status assuming the only thing touching is in the frontcourt.

[WhistlesAndStripes]

Originally Posted by Rich

How does she pass the ball? At that moment the dribble's ended and the ball has frontcourt status assuming the only thing touching is in the frontcourt.

The way she passes the ball is more like she's continuing to dribble, but then decides to send the "next dribble" as the pass. She never really ended her dribble, and the ball never gains FC status IMO.

What if, instead of passing, the next dribble had hit the floor in the BC? Then what would you have?

[bucky]

Originally Posted by Whistles & Stripes

The way she passes the ball is more like she's continuing to dribble, but then decides to send the "next dribble" as the pass. She never really ended her dribble, and the ball never gains FC status IMO.
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That is what I saw too.

[BigT]

Did she gain some kind of advantage with that pass? Wasnt the girl still in trouble. Wasnt the count still going? I never want to be that good and have to explain to a coach. Well I felt she ended her dribble had clear front court status and passed into the backcourt.

I would have passed on this one. Keep the game moving.

[so cal lurker]

So is the consensus that:
1. If the ball came to rest in her hand in such a way that she could not continue to dribble, then FC status was achieved, and a BC violation occurred, but
2. If she batted/pushed the ball in a way that would be permissible while she continued to dribble, then the dribble did not end, so the three point test still applied, and there is no BC violation?

And the disagreement is over whether the ball came to rest in her hand before the pass was made? (From this angle/clarity of video, I think either interpretation of the factual issue is reasonable.)

[MD Longhorn]

Put me in the minority ... I don't think she ended her dribble, and I don't see the ball come to rest in her hand at all.

[BigCat]

Originally Posted by bucky

That is what I saw too.

I look at the play and recognize it as something I've seen million times. I'd bet anybody's house (not my own) that her left hand was also on ball. Then pass. Also ball doesn't get from where she is to other side of floor without ending dribble. Even if left hand not on it.

Now, if u ask me to forget everything I know, all past history, how ball gets over to other side of floor and say, do I see the moment on this film when dribble ends? I'd have to say no. But I still think it's obvious dribble ended.

Clear as mud.

[bucky]

Originally Posted by Rich

How does she pass the ball? At that moment the dribble's ended and the ball has frontcourt status assuming the only thing touching is in the frontcourt.

I never see her left hand touch the ball (grainy video) and it looks to me as if she makes a one handed pass across the court. I do not see the ball ever come to rest in her hand(s).

I am not debating what you are saying. I am only indicating what I see and do not see in the video.

These fines are killing me.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by bucky

I never see her left hand touch the ball (grainy video)

And that matters how?

Originally Posted by bucky

and it looks to me as if she makes a one handed pass across the court. I do not see the ball ever come to rest in her hand(s).

OK. Again, how is that relevant?

Note that "hand(s)" is to be interpreted to be either one hand or both hands. When you say she made a one handed pass across the court, you're likely also saying the ball came to rest in that one hand.

Originally Posted by bucky

I am not debating what you are saying. I am only indicating what I see and do not see in the video.

What you see is not a problem. It is how you're interpreting what you've seen relative to the rules.

[BigCat]

Originally Posted by bucky

I do not ever see her holding the ball in the video.

She ended the dribble. A foot in FC the other in air. That means ball has FC status.

$2 fine for Bucky.

[frezer11]

In the situation of a one handed pass off of a dribble, at what point does the dribble end? I don't have a rulebook in front of me, but unless there is a definition that specifically states otherwise, I would think that a dribble ends when it can no longer be dribbled legally, such as when grabbed by both hands, or the passing hand goes under the ball such that a subsequent dribble would be called a carry. In the video, at the last possible instant, if the passer decided to instead continue dribbling, I think she legally could have, therefore, I would think the dribble doesn't actually end until it leaves her hand. So it had backcourt status due to the dribbling exception, it then leaves her hand causing the dribble to end with the ball still having backcourt status, and is retrieved by a teammate in the backcourt. Thoughts on that reasoning?

EDIT: You guys pretty much summarized what I was thinking-

[WhistlesAndStripes]

Originally Posted by frezer11

In the situation of a one handed pass off of a dribble, at what point does the dribble end? I don't have a rulebook in front of me, but unless there is a definition that specifically states otherwise, I would think that a dribble ends when it can no longer be dribbled legally, such as when grabbed by both hands, or the passing hand goes under the ball such that a subsequent dribble would be called a carry. In the video, at the last possible instant, if the passer decided to instead continue dribbling, I think she legally could have, therefore, I would think the dribble doesn't actually end until it leaves her hand. So it had backcourt status due to the dribbling exception, it then leaves her hand causing the dribble to end with the ball still having backcourt status, and is retrieved by a teammate in the backcourt. Thoughts on that reasoning?

I agree.