Momentum carrying you OOB?

[maven]

Originally Posted by jritchie

Thought it was too, just couldn't find reference! will look closer to try and find it.

Your answer doesn't quite match your question.

Two issues: leaving the court, and returning to touch the ball.

Leaving the court due to momentum, being pushed out, and general basketball play is legal, as you've stated.

That doesn't address the return: provided the player returns immediately inbounds and does not attempt to gain an advantage from being OOB, there is no violation/foul.

As for touching the ball, the player must be inbounds before he may legally touch the ball (something in, nothing out). There is no "establish himself" requirement, only player location (rule 4, player location).

[Raymond]

There is no rules reference stating a player cannot be first to touch other than a throw-in (of course).

Player location is player location, as Maven stated above.

If you leave the court voluntarily it is an immediate violation in NFHS, so touching the ball again would be moot.