Ball thrown in backcourt, player coming from frontcourt...

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Originally posted by GregAlan
At a girls' YMCA game on Saturday (we follow HS rules), offensive team has ball for throw-in at mid-court, player A1 can't find anyone in frontcourt to throw the ball toward, so her coach yells, "Throw it into the backcourt!", which she does just before the 5 second count is up, and player A2 (teammate) heads toward the backcourt from her own frontcourt, with one of her feet still in her own frontcourt, and grabs the ball in backcourt. The ball had already hit the floor in the backcourt with A2's one foot still in frontcourt. Is this a violation? Or a no call? Thanks for any clear answers.

More information is needed here.

Where exactly were A2's feet when A2 gained control of the ball? (Not just touched the ball, but gained control---holding or dribbling the ball inbounds.) What happened after A2 gained control?

If you answer those two questions, I can tell you whether this was a backcourt violation. Without a clearer sequence of events, it could go either way.