Caseplay

[tref]

Does anyone have or know where to find the caseplay that says its legal to block the ball after it strikes the backboard in HS?

[Welpe]

I'm digging through what I have now. I'm guessing that the fact the rule doesn't prohibit it isn't enough?

[tref]

Trying to explain to a buddy that its a different ruling in HS than in NCAA & Pro. He said rule/caseplay please... cant find anything.

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by tref

Trying to explain to a buddy that its a different ruling in HS than in NCAA & Pro. He said rule/caseplay please... cant find anything.

What are you going to call BI or GT? If so, by definition, explain? If not, there you go.

[tref]

Been there, done that. I know I read it somewhere before, I'm thinking it was part of a caseplay.

[Scratch85]

Originally Posted by tref

Does anyone have or know where to find the caseplay that says its legal to block the ball after it strikes the backboard in HS?

No case play that I know of but it is included in the back of the rules book in the grid showing "major basketball differences" NFHS vs NCAA

NFHS= Player touches the ball during a try/tap while it is in its downward flight entirely above the basket ring level and has the possibility of entering the basket in flight.

NCAA = Same as NFHS and includes a ball that is touched after it contacts the backboard when it is entirely above ring level - considered to be on it its downward flight.

I don't call NCAA but as I read this, in NCAA it may still be legal to touch a ball after it has contacted the backboard if it was not entirely above ring level when touched.

[SNIPERBBB]

There is nothing in the rules or casebook that says protects the ball after hitting the board. Though the rules differences table says the NCAA rule is the same and includes the ball hitting the backboard.

[tref]

Thanks all!

[BillyMac]

The backboard has nothing to do with goaltending. Goaltending when a player touches the ball during a try, or tap, while it is in its downward flight, entirely above the basket ring level and has the possibility of entering the basket. 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.

[HawkeyeCubP]

Originally Posted by tref

Trying to explain to a buddy that its a different ruling in HS than in NCAA & Pro. He said rule/caseplay please... cant find anything.

As there's no HS caseplay that spells it out, I'd use the fact that there's nothing at all like NCAA 4-34-1-3 that states goaltending involves the backboard in the NFHS definition (or caseplays). It's one of those "No rule against it? Then no rule against it" situations.