ali jenkins
Thanks to Guinness Dave
I'm not entirely sure he can do that either - saw a game last year (Think it was a Sheff Wens game) where that exact thing happened and the ref gave an indirect free kick.
I think its the referees descression.
obviously if the ball is about to fly past the keeper, or over his head then its not exactly a backpass.
Im sure Ive seen a game when a defender went to volly the ball back to the keeper, put a bit too much on it and it was about to dip under the bar until the keeper tipped it over.