Backcourt Violation
 

I talked with a fairly knowledgeable official recently who said this situation is a backcourt violation.

His assertion seems to violate my criteria of 1)Team Control, 2)Last to Touch/First to Touch

I wonder if there is some technicality that I'm missing...

- A1 inbounds the ball from their frontcourt endline.
- The inbound pass deflects off of A2 while in the front-court, and rolls into the backcourt.
- A3 retrieves the ball in the backcourt.

His ruling, "Backcourt Violation"

He says that if A2 retrieves the ball, rather than A3, it is not a backcourt violation.

Am I missing something? I don't see that Team Control in the front court has been established.

First, he's wrong about the play. Second, which A player recovers the ball never is a factor in whether or not you have a backcourt violation.

Backcourt Violation
 

I second this, assuming we're talking about NCAA or NFHS.

NBA has some quirks to rule depending on time of game and other stuff I'm not too familiar with.


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You are missing nothing. Your friend is wrong.

Is he a FIBA ref?

No, he's a NFHS ref.

Thanks guys...

Four Elements ...
 

The four elements for having a backcourt violation are: there must be team control (and initial player control
when coming from a throw-in); the ball must have achieved frontcourt status; the team in team control must
be the last to touch the ball before it goes into the backcourt; that same team must be the first to touch after
the ball has been in the backcourt.

He's confusing concepts. The exception that allows a player to catch a throw-in pass doesn't apply to anyone but the first player to touch the ball, but that doesn't apply to any other situation on the throw-in.

He's also getting that concept incorrect, but that's a different thread for your next conversation with him. I'd question whether he's "knowledgeable" about the rules. He may well be a great official, but his rules knowledge is suspect.

Any conversation that includes one team member being allowed to retrieve the ball, but not another team member, is not a knowledge-based conversation. ;)