Debunking the "over the back" myth

[just another ref]

Originally posted by BktBallRef
The "Over the back!" nonsense is frustrating because it happens more often that any of these other plays you've cited.

I agree that it does happen often, because there are a lot of missed shots, there is a lot of blocking out, a lot of player without position jumping and trying to rebound anyway. This leads to coaches yelling for fouls, some pleas have merit, many certainly do not. It just so happens
that the phrase they use in this case is "over the back."
I am just saying that I fail to see the big deal in the language. If they just yelled "That's a foul!" would that make it any better?

I don't remember having a coach yell traveling when a player didn't move either foot

I don't either, offhand, but I wouldn't put it past them.
That was kind of a lame example.

and I've never had a coach ask me to inbound the ball at the division line after a basket.

I've had this one several times, after a timeout. Jr. high
coaches that watch the NBA on tv.

As far as a 10 second count goes, I don't expect him to know where I'm at in the count.

Certainly not, but coaches and fans try to speed this count up all the time. I think that this is a good example that a coach will yell for a call without information to back it up. He could have been watching the clock. He could have been watching and counting the visual count, but I doubt either was the case.

But I certainly expect him to know that you can't have a foul without contact. That's pretty simple.

I think in this case they are suggesting (whining, begging)
that there was contact. Certainly when you are directly behind the 2 players involved, it can be difficult to tell if there was contact or not, especially if much distance is involved. I don't recommend this as a practice but I sometimes will hold my hands up a foot (or 3) apart to show the coach how far the player was "off the back."