Ball hitting the back board

readingofficial · #1 (**permalink**) Thu Dec 15, 2005, 10:15pm

I would like to know if a shot is allowed to be block legally after the ball hits the backboard. A1 goes for a layup as the ball hits the backboard it is still going up, and B1 bats the ball away. Is that a legal play, or would that be basket interference.

BktBallRef · #2 (**permalink**) Thu Dec 15, 2005, 10:28pm

It's a legal play if the ball isn't in the imaginary cylinder that has the rim as it's base.

If it's in the cylinder, it's BI.

JohnBark · #3 (**permalink**) Thu Dec 15, 2005, 11:06pm

if the ball is on the downward flight after hitting the backboard.

ATXCoach · #4 (**permalink**) Thu Dec 15, 2005, 11:30pm

I could never jump high enough and I've always coached girls so needless to say I have no personal experience in this rule, but this contradicts everything I have ever heard.

I thought that once the ball hit the backboard (unless the shot clearly had no chance to score) it could not be blocked.

Is it different in HS, NCAA and NBA?

blindzebra · #5 (**permalink**) Thu Dec 15, 2005, 11:33pm

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Originally posted by ATXCoach
I could never jump high enough and I've always coached girls so needless to say I have no personal experience in this rule, but this contradicts everything I have ever heard.

I thought that once the ball hit the backboard (unless the shot clearly had no chance to score) it could not be blocked.

Is it different in HS, NCAA and NBA?

The back board is not mentioned in the goaltending rules in HS or NCAA, it is GT in the NBA.

BktBallRef · #6 (**permalink**) Fri Dec 16, 2005, 12:18am

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Originally posted by JohnBark
if the ball is on the downward flight after hitting the backboard.

He stated it was going up.

Nevadaref · #7 (**permalink**) Fri Dec 16, 2005, 05:27am

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Originally posted by blindzebra

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Originally posted by ATXCoach
I could never jump high enough and I've always coached girls so needless to say I have no personal experience in this rule, but this contradicts everything I have ever heard.

I thought that once the ball hit the backboard (unless the shot clearly had no chance to score) it could not be blocked.

Is it different in HS, NCAA and NBA?

The back board is not mentioned in the goaltending rules in HS or NCAA, it is GT in the NBA.

Yes, the NBA rule is different from the NFHS and NCAA rule on this play. It is illegal to touch the ball after it hits the backboard on a try in the NBA if it has a chance to go in.

In the NFHS and NCAA as long as the ball is NOT on its downward flight and is outside of the imaginary cylinder that has the ring as its base, it is fair game and players can swat it.

Someone will come along and provide an exact citation for reference. Perhaps there is even an NFHS interp on the play. I can't find a case book play on it. The BI and GT rules are 9-11 and 9-12 in the book and are defined in 4-6 and 4-22.