Shot from Behind the Basket

[so cal lurker]

Originally Posted by grunewar

I knew the rule and have applied it several times before.

In my area, most of the fan shaped backboards are relegated to elementary and middle school gyms. The fan shaped backboards are usually smaller in size.

Does anyone know what the rationale is behind the differing rules depending on the shape of the backboard?

Just curious.

My *guess* has always been that the nature of the fan shape makes rebounds go over the top far more often so it seemed silly to make that OOB. (BTW, fan shaped boards should *always* be smaller -- see the diagram in the book. The fan shape backboard has about half the front surface as the rectangle.)