The old throw it off the defender's back side trick...

boro_ref

Middle School game: Had a team throw the inbound pass off the backside of the defender who was defending with their back turned. A play that's been around forever. My partner said that was a violation now after a rule change a few years ago. I can't find it. Any help?

Camron Rust

boro_ref wrote
Middle School game: Had a team throw the inbound pass off the backside of the defender who was defending with their back turned. A play that's been around forever. My partner said that was a violation now after a rule change a few years ago. I can't find it. Any help?

Your partner was wrong. The play is legal as long as the thrower was no longer OOB when they recovered the ball.

just another ref

Find a new partner. Did that help?🙂

justacoach

boro_ref wrote
Middle School game: Had a team throw the inbound pass off the backside of the defender who was defending with their back turned. A play that's been around forever. My partner said that was a violation now after a rule change a few years ago. I can't find it. Any help?

IIRC, this ruling is only valid when there are millionaires on the court, and none of us are at that level...yet!

APG

justacoach wrote
IIRC, this ruling is only valid when there are millionaires on the court, and none of us are at that level...yet!

What do you mean by this? This play would be legal in the NBA as well.

26 Year Gap

He probably thinks shoe phones are illegal in the real world.

Adam

26 Year Gap wrote
He probably thinks shoe phones are illegal in the real world.

If they aren't, it's an oversight.

IREFU2

Had this exact same play in a NCAA-W game on saturday. Like others say, as long as she establishes inbound status. I thought it was pretty old school......LOL..

BillyMac

IREFU2 wrote
Old School......LOL..

I bet you won't be laughing out loud if you say Old School three times and he shows up. I promise you, it will be much, much, uglier than this:

So, everybody, please quit typing you know what. If you play with fire, you get burned.