Slapping the Backboard: POE

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Spence

I read on the NFHS website that a point of emphasis this year is slapping the backboard but it didn't say what the emphasis was.

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.