I can envision a soccer goalie type of play during rebounding action, though I have never witnessed it. I am sure it is a safety type of rule as others have pointed out. Might be an interesting question to pose to an interpreter as to its origin and the reasoning. It may have been a rule change in years gone by and an explanation usually accompanies rule changes.
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