BASKETBALL

Rule 9 / Violations and Penalties83
Art. 2. A shot-clock try for field goal is defined as the ball having left the
shooter’s hand(s) before the sounding of the shot-clock horn and then striking the
ring or flange, or entering the basket.
Art. 3. The team in control must attempt a try as in 9-12.2 for field goal within
35 seconds after the shot clock period begins.
Art. 4. It is a violation when a try for field goal does not leave the shooter’s hand
before the expiration of the allotted shot-clock time (as indicated by the sounding
of the shot-clock horn) or when it does leave the shooter’s hand before the
expiration of the alotted shot-clock time and the try does not subsequently strike
the ring or flange or enter the basket.
Section 13. Back Court
Art. 1. A team’s front court shall consist of that part of the playing court between
its end line and the nearer edge of the division line, including its basket and the
inbounds part of its backboard.
Art. 2. A team’s back court consists of the rest of the playing court, including
its opponent’s basket and inbounds part of the backboard and the division line,
excluding the mathematical edge nearest the team’s basket.
Art. 3. A live ball is in the front court or back court of the team in control as
follows:
a. A ball that is in contact with a player or with the playing court shall be in
the back court when either the ball or the player (either player when the
ball is touching more than one) is touching the back court. It shall be in the
front court when neither the ball nor the player is touching the back court.
b. A ball that is not in contact with a player or the playing court retains the
same status as when it was last in contact with a player or the playing
court.
c. During a dribble from back court to front court, the ball shall be in the
front court when both feet of the dribbler and the ball touch the playing
court entirely in the front court.
Art. 4. A player shall not be the first to touch the ball in his back court (with any
part of his body, voluntarily or involuntarily) when the ball came from the front
court while that player’s team was in team control and that player or his teammate
was the last to touch the ball before it went into the back court.
Art. 5. A pass in the front court that is deflected by a defensive player so that the
ball goes into the back court may be recovered by either team.
Art. 6. Regardless of where the throw-in spot is located, the throw-in team may
cause the ball to go into the back court before player control has been established
by the throw-in team on the playing court.
Art. 7. After the throw-in ends, an inbounds player in the front court, who is not
in control of the ball, may cause the ball to go into the back court.
Art. 8. A player who is the first to secure control of the ball in the front court
after a jump ball or a throw-in while both feet are off the playing court shall not
be permitted to cause the ball to go into the back court, except as permitted in
Rule 9-13.10.