Backcourt or not

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by Rich1

Trying to clarify a "ball has front court status" situation as we have been hotly debating it during training with new refs.

Player is dribbling from back court to front court and has both feet in the front court but is still bouncing the ball in the back court (it has not broken the plane of the mid-court line).

When the dribbler is moving from BC to FC, the ball does not have FC status until both feet are in the FC and the ball is dribbled in the FC. If either foot is in the BC or the ball is still being dribbled in the BC, BC status still exists.

Player is dribbling from back court to front court and has both feet in the front court but is holding the ball extended into the back court (it has not broken the plane of the mid-court line).

As someone else posted, you can't be dribbling the ball and holding it at the same time. If a player is holding the ball and neither foot is in the BC, the ball and player now have FC status.

What are your opinions on this?

No opinion, these are facts.

And as others have said, the plane is of no consequence.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

When the dribbler is moving from BC to FC, the ball does not have FC status until both feet are in the FC and the ball is dribbled in the FC. If either foot is in the BC or the ball is still being dribbled in the BC, BC status still exists.

And such a player may step back into the backcourt with one or both feet.