Backcourt violation?

[BryanV21]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

4-4-2,3,4:

A ball which is in contact with a player or with the court is in the
frontcourt if neither the ball nor the player is touching the backcourt.

A ball which is in flight retains the same location as when it was last
in contact with a player or the court.

A ball which touches a player or an official is the same as the ball
touching the floor at that individual’s location.

Also:

The four elements for having a backcourt violation are: there must be team control (and initial player control
when coming from a throw-in); the ball must have achieved frontcourt status; the team in team control must
be the last to touch the ball before it goes into the backcourt; that same team must be the first to touch after
the ball has been in the backcourt.

So the ball gets FC status, but there is still no BC violation as it didn't touch a player from team A there before returning to the BC.

My post should have read...

The referee is treated no differently than the floor at that spot. And since the ball has to touch a player from team A in order to satisfy the 3rd condition for a BC violation, then no violation.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by BryanV21

So the ball gets FC status, but there is still no BC violation as it didn't touch a player from team A there before returning to the BC.

Again, not correct. Rule 9-9-2.

[BryanV21]

I thought one of the conditions for a BC violation was that a player from Team A would have to be the last one to touch the ball before it went into the backcourt. I read the conditions wrong. Thankfully, that play hasn't happened to me.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by BryanV21

I thought one of the conditions BC violation was that a player from Team A would have to be the last one to touch the ball before it went into the backcourt. I read the conditions wrong. Thankfully, that play hasn't happened to me.

They WERE the last to touch the ball before it went iny the backcourt.

[BryanV21]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

They WERE the last touch the ball before it went iny the backcourt.

The last to touch the ball while the player was in the frontcourt. Sorry, I thought that was implied in my post.

[MechanicGuy]

Moral of the story, get the F out of the way

[Adam]

Originally Posted by BryanV21

I thought one of the conditions for a BC violation was that a player from Team A would have to be the last one to touch the ball before it went into the backcourt. I read the conditions wrong. Thankfully, that play hasn't happened to me.

Those conditions still hold. At the point the ball is moving into the BC from the FC, who is the last to have touched it?

[luvhoops]

I've actually had this play in a recreation league and no one liked it:

A1 stopped dribbling in BC right next to the division line on the far left. A2 was in the BC to the far right. A1 passed the ball across the court towards A2. The pass bounced once in the FC and A2, reaching slightly, caught the ball. Basically A1 and A2 were both in the BC but the pass between them bounced once in the FC. = Violation.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by luvhoops

I've actually had this play in a recreation league and no one liked it:

A1 stopped dribbling in BC right next to the division line on the far left. A2 was in the BC to the far right. A1 passed the ball across the court towards A2. The pass bounced once in the FC and A2, reaching slightly, caught the ball. Basically A1 and A2 were both in the BC but the pass between them bounced once in the FC. = Violation.

Can we go with tableside and opposite table next time?

[luvhoops]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

Can we go with tableside and opposite table next time?

Yes, thanks for that, makes sense.

(For the record, when the play happened in the Rec League, the table was on the end of the court)

[bballref3966]

Originally Posted by BryanV21

So the ball gets FC status, but there is still no BC violation as it didn't touch a player from team A there before returning to the BC.

The ball remains in control of Team A. Thus, Team A caused the ball to go from backcourt to frontcourt and return to the backcourt, and Team A was the first to touch the ball in the backcourt. This play is a violation.

[River Ref]

I have always understood that when on the court I am the same as the floor. But, now what if; I am inbounds near a side-line and a wild pass should hit me in the chest and deflect back onto the court. Had I not been there then the ball would clearly have gone OOB.I think I would have to go with an OOB. Correct? Would hate to see bouncing balls off of officials become part of plays.

[BryanV21]

Originally Posted by River Ref

I have always understood that when on the court I am the same as the floor. But, now what if; I am inbounds near a side-line and a wild pass should hit me in the chest and deflect back onto the court. Had I not been there then the ball would clearly have gone OOB.I think I would have to go with an OOB. Correct? Would hate to see bouncing balls off of officials become part of plays.

I don't like it either, but that's the rule.

[frezer11]

Originally Posted by River Ref

I have always understood that when on the court I am the same as the floor. But, now what if; I am inbounds near a side-line and a wild pass should hit me in the chest and deflect back onto the court. Had I not been there then the ball would clearly have gone OOB.I think I would have to go with an OOB. Correct? Would hate to see bouncing balls off of officials become part of plays.

I've had a ball hit me in the chest or leg, effectively saving the ball, and at least one time, directly lead to a fast break at the other end. I didn't like it, but I didn't blow it dead either. Tough break for one team, lucky break for the other.