Bear River High School in Utah was treated to an athletic play to rob a home run, which invariably sparked questions to our inbox on whether this impressive grab was indeed a legal catch. Article:
Fortunately, despite relatively cosmetic language differences, the catch and carry rule is largely the same at all levels of play—high school, college, and pro, as well as across softball and baseball.
Essentially, the fielder must establish secure possession in their hand or glove of the batted ball in flight prior to falling out of play and contacting dead ball territory with their feet or, in this case, elbow and back.
It is not a catch if the fielder is still juggling the ball upon stepping into or falling onto dead ball territory or otherwise has not yet demonstrated firm and secure possession of the ball prior to going out of play. Similarly, it is not a catch if upon their body falling onto the ground outside of the playing field, the fielder drops the ball.
Thus, this fairly straightforward rule in theory can be deceptively tricky for a field umpire who must deem whether or not the fielder gained such secure possession prior to falling or stepping out of play, or whether the fielder gained such possession only upon contacting the ground in dead ball territory.
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