Out/In bounds

Jqb12

When is it legal to go out of bounds...come back in.....and be the first to touch the ball? If he/she didn't go out "intentionally"?

Camron Rust

Correct.

If there is a violation, it would be one of the following:

Touching OOB while holding or dribbling the ball.
Simply going OOB on purpose

If they haven't violated by going OOB, it would not be a violation for them to return and touch the ball unless it would have been a violation for the to touch the ball anyway (without going OOB at all).

Nevadaref

Jqb12 wrote
When is it legal to go out of bounds...come back in.....and be the first to touch the ball? If he/she didn't go out "intentionally"?

Always allowed at the HS level.

BillyMac

If a player's momentum carries the player off the court, that player can be the first player to touch the ball after returning inbounds. That player must not have left the court voluntarily, and must immediately return inbounds. That player must have something in, and nothing out. It is not necessary to have both feet back inbounds. It is a violation for a player to intentionally leave the court for an unauthorized reason.

Jqb12

Got it.
Thanks

bob jenkins

Jqb12 wrote
and be the first to touch the ball?

The "first to touch" concept is an NCAA rule.

Freddy

For further rules bases, see Casebook 7.1.1 B.

Another way to put it, the returning player, upon touching the ball, must have something in and nothing out. The reason that's important is because some erroneously think that inbounds status must be established with two feet. Not so, at least in NFHS.

BillyMac

Freddy wrote
For further rules bases, see Casebook 7.1.1 B.

7.1.1 SITUATION B: A1 blocks a pass near the end line. The ball falls to the
floor inbounds, but A1, who is off balance, steps off the court. A1 returns
inbounds, secures control of the ball and dribbles. RULING: Legal. A1 did not
leave the court voluntarily and did not have control of the ball when he/she did.
This situation is similar to one in which A1 makes a try from under the basket and
momentum carries A1 off the court. If the try is unsuccessful, A1 may come back
onto the court and regain control since A1 did not leave the court voluntarily and
did not have control of the ball when he/she did.

APG

bob jenkins wrote
The "first to touch" concept is an NCAA rule.

NBA concept as well...depending on the situation