• Frontcourt: The area between a team’s endline and the nearer edge of the midcourt line, including the basket.
• Backcourt: The midcourt line and the rest of the court including the opponent’s basket.

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Note: The frontcourt and backcourt change depending on which team has possession at a given moment.

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• A ball:
  • Is in the frontcourt when neither the ball nor player touches the backcourt.
  • Is in the backcourt if either the ball or player touches the backcourt.
• The offense has:
  • 10 seconds to advance the ball from backcourt to frontcourt (NFHS, NCAA)
  • 8 seconds to advance the ball from backcourt to frontcourt (Pro)
• There are certain situations when teams will get a new 10 or 8 second count to advance the ball from backcourt to frontcourt in a single possession.