Youth Basketball Rules: Over and Back Violation

Video Transcript

"Hi, this is Sean Hobson. When understanding how the game of basketball works, you first have to understand how the rules of the game are. What we're going to talk about now consists of the center court line. Once you have crossed the center court line, you're not allowed to go back onto this side of the offensive line. So if I'm an offensive player and I'm heading in this direction, once I have gotten the ball and myself across the line, you're not allowed to dribble the ball or get any of your body parts over the line that is, over and back. That will cost your team a turnover. So you want to be sure that when you cross that line and you stay close to the mid-court line, not to get over. 'Cause if you dribble that ball, or any of the part of your body crosses, that's going to be an over and back, and that's going to be a violation. One other one that we see a lot is when somebody's bringing the ball up the court. And let?s say that Blake is already crossed, and he gets the ball, now he wants to pass to Hunter. Even if Hunter starts on this side, and jumps across the line, and catches it on this side, that is still over and back, because he has not established position on this side of the court. He left from this side, caught it on this side. That is still over and back, because he had to first be on this side, and then catch the ball. So you want to make sure that when you're passing the ball that you don't cheat this line, or that could also cost your team a turnover."