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Old Tue Sep 16, 2008, 09:12am
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Originally Posted by wanja
A high school coach insisted that slapping the backboard must always be a technical foul. His point of reference was a state playoff game ruling and discussion. I wish these were isolated cases, but in my discussions with fellow officials and coaches they are not.
I had this same thing in a varsity hs game. Coach insisted on, even signaled for, a technical foul when his player scored on a fast break and the defense tried to block the layup and ended up slapping the backboard. Purely legitimate attempt to block the shot; same side of the backboard and everything.

Short discussion, he took his timeout (he did signal for one, after all), and we played on.
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