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Old Tue Sep 16, 2008, 02:44pm
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Good time to destroy another myth:

Slapping the backboard is neither basket interference nor is it goaltending and points cannot be awarded. A player who strikes a backboard so forcefully that it cannot be ignored because it is an attempt to draw attention to the player, or a means of venting frustration, may be assessed a technical foul. When a player simply attempts to block a shot and accidentally slaps the backboard it is neither a violation nor is it a technical foul.
Wow! Great copy and paste. Do you work for the NFHS, writing POEs?
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Old Tue Sep 16, 2008, 08:10pm
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Do you work for the NFHS ?
No, I'm just your friendly neighborhood basketball rule mythbuster.

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Old Wed Sep 17, 2008, 02:57pm
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Good time to destroy another myth:

Slapping the backboard is neither basket interference nor is it goaltending and points cannot be awarded. A player who strikes a backboard so forcefully that it cannot be ignored because it is an attempt to draw attention to the player, or a means of venting frustration, may be assessed a technical foul. When a player simply attempts to block a shot and accidentally slaps the backboard it is neither a violation nor is it a technical foul.
I agree that many officials falsely believe they can enforce goaltending on this play.
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