FIBA held ball

[oc]

Thanks for the comments on the earlier held ball question. Let me give you a little background on my next question. I ref on military bases in Japan using HS FED and also do a couple of Japanese games each year using FIBA rules. Very few though-90% of my games are FED and I don't know the FIBA rules as well.

The following situation is from the FIBA March 2001 interpretations. Art 20 sit 2 "A5 and B5 jump to catch the ball. Both players have their hands firmly on the ball when they return to the floor but A5 lands with his foot (feet) out-of-bounds."

Interpretation--held ball because it happened before the OOB. Would this be the same in FED? I read a similar case in Fed where this was oob-but it did not happen when they were in the air.

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally posted by oc
Thanks for the comments on the earlier held ball question. Let me give you a little background on my next question. I ref on military bases in Japan using HS FED and also do a couple of Japanese games each year using FIBA rules. Very few though-90% of my games are FED and I don't know the FIBA rules as well.

The following situation is from the FIBA March 2001 interpretations. Art 20 sit 2 "A5 and B5 jump to catch the ball. Both players have their hands firmly on the ball when they return to the floor but A5 lands with his foot (feet) out-of-bounds."

Interpretation--held ball because it happened before the OOB. Would this be the same in FED? I read a similar case in Fed where this was oob-but it did not happen when they were in the air.

It is consistent with the ruling that when a defender's hand on the ball prevents the release of a shot from an airborne shooter, it is a held ball before the shooter returns to the ground with the ball (which would be a travel). If the held ball happens first, then I think that's your call.

If, however, the two players are on the floor and tie it up with one standing oob, then it's definitely oob.