Is it over and back if A1 (who is in the FC) passes to A2 who has jumped from the BC, catches the ball in mid-air and lands in the FC?

YES.

Yep.

A2 has the same status as where they last touched - BC.

A2 must establish court position in the front court. Team possession has already been established in the front court by A1. A2 has to take at least one step in the front court to be established.

Would the same rule apply if the player was out of bounds, caught the ball in mid-air, then landed in bounds?

Yep, same theory.

So- are you still angry at the official that got it right?

Nope, that would be me that got it right, would like to be able to show the team (rec ball) and other ref who thought I was so wrong how right I actually was though :D

Just remember that you are where you are until you get where you're going.

Same theory, but it's not a back-court violation, it's an oob violation. Same result, but different signal.

I didn't think that always worked since on in-bounds situations there isn't any team control - a player can jump from FC, catch ball mid-air, land in BC, not a violation. But if a player was OOB for some odd reason and there wasn't team control (in-bounds, shot attempt, etc.) it would still be a violation since the player came from OOB and touched the ball before touching the court in bounds, assuming a violation wasn't called when the player was OOB.

If you follow this simple little phrase you will always remember and be able ot explain it when the players and coaches go nutz!

You are correct...it's stated as an EXCEPTION in the rules book....

Actually - it's "You are where you were 'till you get where you're going."

Agreed - I was just going with the quick answer trying to point out that it was a violation as well. I also wanted to avoid long answers and words rhyming with "truck".

Now, I am at work and I am going to lunch.

Hmmmm...... if you were somewhere that is past tense which means you are somewhere else now, so if you are in the air you're technically still where you are until you land then you might refer to where you were.

I'm sticking with ......you are where you are until you get where you are going.

Actually, it's the same signal. :)

"Over and back" has the same signal as out of bounds!?!?!?

I use the same signal for a player jumping from OOB and touching the ball that I use for a BC violation. Most other officials that I work with do as well. Then point.

Yep, same signal. :)

I have seen many officials use that signal during that kind of out of bounds violation. I have used the same signal myself.

Peace

Okay, well, with apologies to tomegun, we do things differently here. What's prescribed here is for the official to point to the out of bounds line, and yell, "Out!" or "Out of Bounds!" and then the color of who gets the ball next. I see how the o&b signal could work, but it would be a big adjustment here. I'll follow, but I'm not leading.