backcourt violation??

[TimTaylor]

Originally Posted by Ron Giacoma

........ The ball must be established in the frontcourt first,(frontcourt status) before going into the backcourt. This did not happen in this case........

Uh..... actually it did. Be careful here Ron. Location of the ball is established by where it touches, and since A2 was in front court when it was tipped, the ball did achieve front court status. What was missing in both the original example and yours is the key element of team control.

In NFHS there is no team control duriing a throw in by rule, so it first must be established by a player establishing player control. The sequence is team control, last touched in front court by team with control, first touched in backcourt by same team. Also note that the control doesn't have to be established in front court and there does not have to be player control in front court for a back court violation to occur.

Agree with JR....I see this called correctly better than 90% of the time.