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You are correct, over the back does not exsist. There will always be contact during rebounding situations because players are taught that the first thing they should do when the ball goes up is put a body on someone. What we have to look for as officials is illegal contact. To me, I look for anything that causes one player to have an advantage over another. The main thing I look at is displacement. Is one player moving another? Secondly I look to see that players are jumping straight up. Then I look to make sure no one is holding anyone else from moving. Lastly I look for rebounders swinging their arms and contacting someone illegally. Depending upon what kind of illegal contact we have if there's a foul, I will use the push, hold or illegal use of the hands mechanic.
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