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Old Thu Dec 30, 1999, 11:05pm
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Is there different rules between colleg, high school and the pro's about a shooter attempting a shot and being the first one to touch the ball. In th pro's you must touch the backboard at least, correct? What about high school and college?
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Old Thu Dec 30, 1999, 11:09pm
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Yes - the NBA rule is different. In high school and college you can "catch your own airball".

Basically, as long as the referee determines that the player has made a legitimate attempt ("try") for a goal (versus passing to himself) then there is no restriction on that same player retreiving the ball - even if it has hit nothing!

The reasoning behind this is that once a shot is taken there is no longer any team nor player control. Therefore, the player cannot travel because you have to have control of the ball in order to travel.

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Old Thu Dec 30, 1999, 11:22pm
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Originally posted by matteo on 12-30-1999 10:05 PM
Is there different rules between colleg, high school and the pro's about a shooter attempting a shot and being the first one to touch the ball. In th pro's you must touch the backboard at least, correct? What about high school and college?


Bradley gave a good recap of the differences, but I would just like to clarify that in the NBA, the ball must hit the rim, not just the backboard, before the shooter can be first to touch.

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Old Fri Dec 31, 1999, 12:36am
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Bradley gave a good recap of the differences, but I would just like to clarify that in the NBA, the ball must hit the rim, not just the backboard, before the shooter can be first to touch.


Thanks for the clarification - I didn't know exactly what the NBA rule was and I was too lazy (busy) to go look it up on their website!

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Old Fri Dec 31, 1999, 03:13am
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Originally posted by Bradley Batt on 12-30-1999 11:36 PM
Thanks for the clarification - I didn't know exactly what the NBA rule was and I was too lazy (busy) to go look it up on their website!

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I was too lazy to look it up too. Maybe I should have. Tonight, I was watching ESPN Sports Center and I saw a clip of Baron Davis throw the ball off his own backboard (on purpose) back to himself, then grab it and dunk it. No violation.

Frankly, since none of us do NBA, who really cares what the rule there is?

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