More T or no T

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Originally Posted by asdf

The only reason he did this is to draw atention to himself.

It has nothing to do with the game, and everyting to do about himself, which can quickly turn into retaliation adn taunting.

Nip it in the bud immediately.

How hard does he have to smack it? If he taps it is it ok? Still having nothing to do with basketball?

[asdf]

Ask yourself the question...

Why did the player purposely slap the backboard?

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Originally Posted by asdf

Ask yourself the question...

Why did the player purposely slap the backboard?

Habit, routine, to show off who knows? Do you penalize when a player crouches down and slaps the floor when he gets in a defensive stance? Why do you think they do that? The rule gives you authority to penalize the backboard slap, but not just because you thought it was a non-basketball play - if you deem that he did it for unsportsmanlike purposes then it must be so hard that it cannot be ignored or to vent frustration (cb 10.3.4)

[asdf]

There is no reason for a player to purposely contact the backboard.

None, zero, nada, zilch......

It's only done to draw attention to himself. You leave that go, and his opponent now is gonna one-up him.....then he's gonna one-up him.....

When you gonna whack someone? Where do you tell the coach, who has seen it now twice unpenalized, the threshold is for purposefully slapping the board to hard or too loud?

Whack it when it first happens. If it happens again, you have set the threshhold....