Over & Back

[Gargil]

I had a situation that I think I kicked. Team A has the ball in the front court and A1 makes a cross court lob pass over the head of A2, the ball bounces twice (the second bounce landed on the half court line) and then A2 recovers with both feet still in the front court. Did the ball gain backcourt status by bouncing on the half court line and therefore I should have called over & back??

[BayStateRef]

Yes.

[rawhi1]

Look at rule 4-13-2. Does this help? And remember last team ( a or b) to touch in frontcourt can't be first to touch in backcourt.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by rawhi1

Look at rule 4-13-2. Does this help? And remember last team ( a or b) to touch in frontcourt can't be first to touch in backcourt.

This is close, but by your wording the OP would be legal since A2 touched the ball in the FC.

The team in control cannot be the last to touch the ball in the FC and then the first to touch after the ball gains BC status. It doesn't matter what the status is when A2 touches it.

[Gargil]

I was pretty sure that I should have called the violation but I just was not processing fast enough to react in time. This won't happen again.

[Sharpshooternes]

Originally Posted by Adam

This is close, but by your wording the OP would be legal since A2 touched the ball in the FC.

The team in control cannot be the last to touch the ball in the FC and then the first to touch after the ball gains BC status. It doesn't matter what the status is when A2 touches it.

Adam, this is a violation.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by Sharpshooternes

Adam, this is a violation.

He knows the bc rule. He's been a regular contributor to the forum for ten years!
He was trying to provide more precision to the language used by another poster.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

He knows the bc rule. He's been a regular contributor to the forum for ten years!
He was trying to provide more precision to the language used by another poster.

Yep, and I called it for the first time last month in a ms girls game. When I explained it to the coach, he responded that "she must have the longest arms....". :shrug:

Ten years? Wow. I hadn't realized that.

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by Adam

Ten years? Wow. I hadn't realized that.

Congrats. The flowers are in the mail.