I am not exactly a newby, but I'm not an official either and thought I would shoot a reply to see if it is right. I think you apply the "you are where you are til you get where you are going rule," meaning that the receiver was still front court while in the air and went backcourt only after catching the ball and landing backcourt - violation, same as if reciever had both feet on the ground front court and received it front court.
I feel for you guys trying to keep all of this straight and make the call in real time. I will say that most coaches only get parts of this rule, players about half, and refs tend to get it right, although I have seen the odd cases that are discussed here where the refs do not make the correct call. Usually however, I find myself amazed at the number of times I see situations like the ball off the leg call that are made correctly and done on the fly. (with one coach standing on the sidelines signalling deflection!)
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Tue Jun 06, 2000, 05:50pm
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