Joseph: Now what are you trying to say? Although the jump stop is described as legal in the travel rule, it has nothing to do with the backcourt violation. A jump stop can be considered an "abnormal" landing simply because it has its own name to describe it.

In your play (as everyone has been telling you) the airborne player does not make a normal landing, therefore he has violated. If you want to allow it, that's up to you. Luckily it rarely happens so you won't be wrong too often. Snaqwells, you started all of this.

Ok Nine,

One more question.

If an airborne player catches an inbounds pass in his frontcourt, comes down on one foot into his frontcourt and then just before setting the second foot down in the backcourt (which is legal) he picks his foot that is in the front court up.

Is this legal?

I would say NO, not legal. He has not made a "normal" landing and is no longer protected by Rule 9-9-3.

Not saying that I disagree with you.

What if it was momentum?

Doesn't matter.

OK.

Well, I'm still not sure what I would call with the jump stop.

I'm not debating the "normal" landing issue.

I'm just think a lot would go into the call on a play by play basis.

Just to make sure everyone understands my stand... If the player delays leaving the first foot then does a jump stop in the backcourt, I WOULD call backcourt.

But, if momentum forces the first foot to come up and he lands on either one or two feet(jump stop) I will still go on a play by play basis.

And also understand that I am talking about an airborne player. The opposite is in black and white.