Slapping the Backboard: POE

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

You should read what you copy and paste.

Nice catch BktBallRef. That omission existed for three and one-half years until you picked it up.

MOST MISUNDERSTOOD BASKETBALL RULES

3) The backboard has nothing to do with goaltending. Goaltending is contacting the ball on its downward flight, above the level of the rim, with a chance to go in. On most layups, the ball is going up after it contacts the backboard. It is legal to pin the ball against the backboard if it still on the way up and not in the imaginary cylinder above the basket. Slapping the backboard is neither basket interference nor is it goaltending and points cannot be awarded. A player who strikes a backboard, during a tap, or a try, 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.

Thanks for being the latest contributer to the list of the Most Misunderstood Basketball Rules. You are now, officially, a Basketball Rule Mythbuster. I'll send you your identification card and decoder ring as soon as possible.



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