Debunking the "over the back" myth

[Paul LeBoutillier]

I did a girls BB game today and then stuck around to watch the boys game. During the game an assistant coach kept standing up and yelling at the officials to call "over the back." Then he'd turn to his boys and yell "I guess these guys think they took 'over the back' out of the book!" After about the third time I decided I needed to do something.

So after the game I went up to this AC and informed him that the words "over the back" appear nowhere in the NFHS rule book. He was dubious, but thanked me anyway.

Oh well...one coach at a time.