Five (5) Backcourt plays to challenge your skills. How many back court plays can you get right?

[@isaiahl9183]

Thank you for putting this together! Great clips of plays that you always have to be ready for.

[@OfficialsInstitute]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@seekaytan878]

Among the five examples on BCV, I got 4 correct except #3. It is because I failed to visualize the ball is still on the air when the black control player jump up fr front court to grab the ball before it landed on the floor at back court albeit the ball was last touch by white player. V great video on inculcation of BCV. These scenarios are v useful n relevant, I learnt w great deal. Thks n regards, bless of god!

[@OfficialsInstitute]

Glad you found them helpful.

[@thewelshwizard5869]

Excellent examples, great job guys (from UK)

[@OfficialsInstitute]

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[@lauriekeats8538]

I am pleased with the coach for not getting upset at call in example 5

[@OfficialsInstitute]

Me too.

[@ilyazhitomirskiy9218]

Interesting. Is Play 3 one of those rules differences plays between NFHS and NCAA? It certainly seems so, because in NFHS, last to touch, first to touch automatically causes a backcourt violation, but in NCAA Men's rules, "A pass or any other loose ball (including when a player in control of the ball loses control of the ball when a defensive player bats or deflects it out of his control) in the frontcourt that is deflected by a defensive player, which causes the ball to go into the backcourt may be recovered by either team even if the offense was the last to touch the ball before it went into the backcourt" (NCAA Rule 9-12.5). This is legal, because A.R. 241 of the NCAA Men's Basketball casebook states that "A1 has possession of the ball in his frontcourt when B1 bats the ball from A1's possession or deflects a pass in the direction of the backcourt", and A1 "Jumps in the air, controls the loose ball, and then lands in the backcourt", and the answer specifically defines this situation as legal. This is what apparently happens in Play 3.

[@OfficialsInstitute]

Yes, you are correct. The NFHS has not adopted this NCAA rule, even though I’d venture to say most HS would welcome the change. In high school basketball, it doesn’t matter if the defender deflects the ball. The only thing that matters is who touched it last. Catching and holding a ball in the air, that last touched the front court, is considered team control in the front court.

[@bradleyrehwaldt777]

Josh, thank you for this adept and priceless content. I have a question: in Play #2, if the player in Purple jumped up with one foot in the front court and one foot in the backcourt, would he have backcourt status when he subsequently touches the ball; therefore, legal play?

[@OfficialsInstitute]

I think you are referring to play # 3.The ball is deflected by White, bouncing it off the frontcourt floor. If purple then establishes backcourt status by straddling the division line, and jumps into the air to catch the deflected ball, this play would be legal since purple was not the last to touch the ball in the frontcourt. Thank you for your question.

[@bradleyrehwaldt777]

@@OfficialsInstitute ¡Gracias!

[@Torbaz]

#3 is interpreted differently under FIBA rules as they state that if you establish team control in the air, you may land anywhere in the court.

[@OfficialsInstitute]

Thank you for that info. The NFHS also has something like this but it only applies on a throw-in, jump ball or a player on defense.

[@AvaDonKos]

Play 3 is a great example! If #12 had simply run into his half of the court and grabbed the ball there instead of jumping, it would have been legal. Right?

[@OfficialsInstitute]

correct

[@KoTakahashi]

what if a player passes from front court and the ball lands in the backcourt but a player gets the ball from front court without stepping on the half court line?

[@OfficialsInstitute]

This is a backcourt violation since the ball was in team control in the front court and then the ball went into the backcourt and the player was he first to touch.

[@110SVassar]

For play 3, if the ball, while in the air is in the backcourt, but the player still jumps from the front court and catches it in the back court and lands, is that still back court? I'm trying to understand if possession is defined by where the player left his feet or where he actually touches the ball.

[@OfficialsInstitute]

The location of an airborne player is where they were last in contact with the floor.

[@jt1883]

New ref here. What is the difference in play 2 and 3? I am failing to understand why play 3 was a violation.

[@OfficialsInstitute]

In high school basketball whether a defensive player deflects the ball or not is not a factor, like it is in college. In high school, the deciding factor is who touched it last thus being the one who caused the ball to go into the backcourt. In play 2, the defense touches the ball last and therefore they are responsible for causing the ball to go into the backcourt. In play 3, even though the defender does indeed deflect the ball, the offense player jumps from the front and then catches the ball so the ball is last touched by offense before going into the backcourt and thus being responsible for causing the ball to go into the backcourt.

[@voidxvoid]

PLAY3 NO LONGER A Violation in FIBA