Backcourt or not

JClay · #1 (**permalink**) Tue Feb 08, 2000, 11:48pm

Player A1 establishes control in their frontcourt. B1 knocks ball away from A1. The ball flys into the space over A's backcourt. A1 jumps, leaving the floor from their front court, grabs the ball throws it into thier front court, all before landing with both feet in backcourt.

This was called backcourt, is that correct?

Pirate · #2 (**permalink**) Wed Feb 09, 2000, 12:35am

The situation as you have described it is not a backcourt violation.

Matt S. · #3 (**permalink**) Wed Feb 09, 2000, 02:05am

The reason this is NOT a backcourt violation is because the last person to have touched the ball in the frontcourt was B. In addition, player A1 had frontcourt status while in the air. Had he touched the ball BEFORE it hit the ground in the backcourt, and he failed to get rid of it before he touched the ground, then you have a violation.

Mark Padgett · #4 (**permalink**) Wed Feb 09, 2000, 03:24am

[quote]Originally posted by Matt S. on 02-09-2000 01:05 AM
The reason this is NOT a backcourt violation is because the last person to have touched the ball in the frontcourt was B.
/quote]

Actually Matt, you are correct that it is not a backcourt violation, but incorrect that B1 was the last person to have touched the ball in the frontcourt. If A1 jumps from frontcourt and touches the ball before either A1 or the ball touches the backcourt, then A1 is the last to touch in frontcourt.

The reason this is not a backcourt violation is because the ball never entered the backcourt.

DrC. · #5 (**permalink**) Wed Feb 09, 2000, 09:50am

I am confused by some of the answers on this one. If the defender(B1) deflects a pass or
knocks the ball out of the hands of the offensive player(A1)into the backcourt, why then would it backcourt. Team A did not cause the violation !

Todd VandenAkker · #6 (**permalink**) Wed Feb 09, 2000, 10:15am

quote:
Originally posted by DrC. on 02-09-2000 08:50 AM
I am confused by some of the answers on this one. If the defender(B1) deflects a pass or
knocks the ball out of the hands of the offensive player(A1)into the backcourt, why then would it backcourt. Team A did not cause the violation !

You are correct that if the ball had touched the floor in the backcourt FIRST and then A1 touches the ball, it would not be a violation. But because A1 wasn't sure, so lept from the frontcourt and touched the ball in the air, he then became the last person to touch the ball in the frontcourt. So as other guys implied, if he lands in the backcourt with the ball, he "caused" it to go there and gets the violation.