BACKCOURT VIOLATION

ART. 30 BALL RETURNED TO THE BACKCOURT

Statement
While airborne, a player retains the same status relative to the floor as when he was last touching the floor before jumping into the air. The application of this principle has sometimes resulted in unfair situation.

When an airborne player
(a) jumps from his/her frontcourt,
(b) gains control of the ball while still airborne and in doing so is the first player on his/her team to establish team control, and
(c) then returns to the floor in that team’s backcourt, the player is helpless to avoid a violation for illegally returning the ball to the backcourt.

To eliminate such an unfair situation, an exception to Art. 30 has been adopted, stipulating that if an airborne player establishes a new team control, that player’s position relative to frontcourt/backcourt will not be established until the player has returned both feet to the floor.

Example 1:
A4 in team A’s backcourt attempts a fast break pass to A5 in team A’s frontcourt. B3, in team B’s frontcourt (team A’s backcourt) jumps and intercepts the pass while still airborne, after which B3 lands

(a) With both feet in the team B backcourt.

ВИДЕО ПРИМЕР 1.


(b) Straddling the centre line.

Interpretation:
No violation has occurred. When B3 established the first team control for team B while airborne, B3’s position relative to frontcourt/backcourt was not established until both of B3’s feet returned to the floor. In both (a) and (b), B3 is now considered to be legally in the team B backcourt.

Example 2:
On the jump ball that begins the 1st period, the ball has been legally tapped when non-jumper A5 jumps from team A’s frontcourt, gains control of the ball while airborne and lands in team A’s backcourt

(a) With both feet in the team B backcourt.

ВИДЕО ПРИМЕР 2.


(b) Straddling the centre line.

ВИДЕО ПРИМЕР 3.


Interpretation:
No violation has occurred. Team A first established team control when A5 gained control while airborne. In both (a) and (b), A5 is legally in the team A backcourt.

Example 3:
Thrower-in A4, in the team A frontcourt, attempts to pass the ball to A3. A3 jumps into the air, gains control of the ball and returns to the floor
(a) With both feet in the team B backcourt.
(b) Straddling the centre line.

Interpretation:
Team control in the frontcourt has already been established before A3 gained control of the ball while airborne. In both (a) and (b), a violation has occurred by illegally returning the ball to the backcourt.

ВИДЕО ПРИМЕР 4.

illegally returning the ball to the backcourt

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