RULE NO. 4—DEFINITIONS
Section VI—Frontcourt/Backcourt
a. A team’s frontcourt consists of that part of the court between its endline and the nearer edge of the midcourt line, including the basket and inbounds part of the backboard.
b. A team’s backcourt consists of the entire midcourt line and the rest of the court to include the opponent’s basket and inbounds part of the backboard.
c. A ball which is in contact with a player or with the court is in the backcourt if either the ball or the player is touching the backcourt. It is in the frontcourt if neither the ball nor the player is touching the backcourt.
d. A ball which is not in contact with a player or the court retains the same status as when it was last in contact with a player or the court.
EXCEPTION: Rule 4—Section VI—f.
e. The team on the offense must bring the ball across the midcourt line within 10 seconds. No additional 10 second count is permitted in the backcourt.
EXCEPTION: (1) kicked ball, or (2) punched ball, or (3) technical foul on the defensive team, (4) delay of game warning on the defensive team or (5) infection control.
f. The ball is considered in the frontcourt once it has broken the plane of the midcourt line and not in player control.
g. The defensive team has no “frontcourt/backcourt.”
