FT Shooter Rebound

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Yakivegas

Turns out this is, in fact, one of those silly local rules that is never explained as such.

My daughter's team is at their first out of town tourney, and in the first quarter, one of our girls put up her second free throw. Bounced off the back of the rim, right back at her, and since (for the past 4 years) it has been drilled into their heads that they can't get their own rebound, she ducked out of the way.

Little later, opposing team shooting FT, same bounce, she grabs the board and lays it up. We're baffled, and that's when I posted the question.

Thanks for the quick replies!

Are they shooting free throws from closer than 15 feet? Otherwise, I can't imagine a reason for such an inane rule.