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[bob jenkins]

Originally posted by TH_indiana
Just to clarify......if A1 has possesion, passes towards A2, ball is tipped by B1, then tipped by A2 and crosses into back court, and is first touched by A2....this IS over and back?

Four requirements for a back court violation:

1) Team control
2) Ball reaches the front court
3) A last to touch before ball goes to backcourt
4) A first to touch after ball goes to backcourt

All those were present in your play, so we have a violation.

Note that having A touch the ball in the front court, or in the back court, is not a requirement.

Note also that some (primarily RefMag) combione the first two requirements into "Team control in the front court." This is technically true (since team control doesn't change until Team B gets the ball), but it sometimes gets read / interpreted incorrectly. I think it's clearer and easier to understand if thte requirement is split into two.

very interesting discussions here...looking forward to being involved!

p.s. any tips on how to copy and paste, making fonts bold, as I have seen on several replies.

The easiest way is to use the "quote" icon when responding -- not the tags put inside square brackets before and after the text. You can figure out how to insert these on your own.