Ten Seconds - Revisited

[Camron Rust]

Here's an easy way to determine when the backcourt count should start/continue whether it's a throwin or a ball that is inbounds....


If all of the questions are true, start the count and keep counting until one of them is not true (or you reach 10):

1. Is there team control?
2. Does the ball have backcourt status?

The order does not matter.

On a throw-in a touch may occur before or simultaneous with team control. Only when both are true does the 10-second count start.

On a ball that is not a throw-in, which generally implies team control already exists, the count starts when the ball reaches backcourt since team control already exists.

For rebounds, blocked shots, and steals, it is no different. Only when, and immediately when, both conditions are true does the count start.

(I believe that the NCAA declared a few years ago the the shot clock and 10 second count actually start on the touch of a throw-in to prevent teams from burning more clock than intended during a possession.)