Confusion over when A2 can recover throw-in in back court

[SC Official]

Originally Posted by UNIgiantslayers

In situation 2, no team controlled the ball in the front court due to the tipped ball so no possession i.e. no backcourt violation. You must have possession in the front court in order for a backcourt violation to come into play.

Not necessarily. You only need initial player control inbounds. Whether that initial player control is in the frontcourt or backcourt doesn’t matter. If an A player gains control in A’s backcourt, throws to the frontcourt where it deflects of an A player (i.e. is never controlled) and returns to the backcourt where A is the first to touch, that is a violation even though there was never player control in the frontcourt.

Once that initial player control is established after a throw-in, jump ball, or try for goal, team control in the frontcourt is what is required.