Slapping Backboard

[OKREF]

So last night HS boys. I am trail, A1 going for layup B2 tries to block shot, B2 slaps backboard pretty hard but not so hard that it shakes rim or causes ball to not go in. He misses layup. Coach wants a T. I say coach it isn't a technical. YES IT IS. Coach it isn't. I have seen it called and you know it is a rule. He called a timeout and wanted to ask me about it.

10-3-4

I think this is a highly misinterpreted rule. How about where you are at?

[mj]

Yep, I hear the same thing here every time it happens.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by OKREF

I think this is a highly misinterpreted rule. How about where you are at?

Not so much.

[Tio]

Most Coaches don't know this rule and many others. As long as the player makes an attempt to block the shot we have nothing.

At least the coach asked for a T and not a goaltend.

[OKREF]

Originally Posted by Tio

Most Coaches don't know this rule and many others. As long as the player makes an attempt to block the shot we have nothing.

At least the coach asked for a T and not a goaltend.

I think he even said something about that also.

[Tio]

Haha... you gave him too much credit in your OP.

You did the right thing. I have been in the same boat and my response was: "Coach, by rule it is a legal play if the defender is attempting to block a shot." At that point, my dialog ends.

[jTheUmp]

Casebook play

10.3.4 SITUATION:

A1 tries for a goal, and (a) B1 jumps and attempts to block the shot but instead slaps or strikes the backboard and the ball goes into the basket; or (b) B1 vibrates the ring as a result of pulling on the net and the ball does not enter the basket.

RULING: In (a) legal and the basket counts; and (b) a technical foul is charged to B1 and there is no basket.

COMMENT: The purpose of the rule is to penalize intentional contact with the backboard while a shot or try is involved or placing a hand on the backboard to gain an advantage. A player who strikes either backboard so forcefully 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 pursuant to Rule 10-3-6.

Why would we not score the goal in (b) if the try is successful? By not counting the score, wouldn't we be kind of rewarding B for committing the Technical foul?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by jTheUmp

Casebook play


Why would we not score the goal in (b) if the try is successful? By not counting the score, wouldn't we be kind of rewarding B for committing the Technical foul?

Read b again.

[jTheUmp]

Sigh...

Note to self:
Do Not Post Until Caffeine Kicks In.

[Smitty]

Originally Posted by Tio

Most Coaches don't know this rule and many others.

I think at the varsity level most coaches do know the rule. Maybe at lower levels the misconception is more prevalent. I haven't had a varsity coach complain about this in a very long time.

[APG]

Coaches ask for a goaltend because in the NBA, it's goaltending if a defender vibrates the rim, net, or backboard so that it causes the ball to make an unnatural bounce...and yes, I've seen this actually occur.

As to my area, I've only seen the play occur once, and told the coach why it wasn't anything...he accepted the answer without much argument.

[Eastshire]

When I was in high school, we had a referee call a T for touching the backboard when a player trapped the ball against the backboard while blocking a shot (without actually touching the backboard).

[OKREF]

Originally Posted by Smitty

I think at the varsity level most coaches do know the rule. Maybe at lower levels the misconception is more prevalent. I haven't had a varsity coach complain about this in a very long time.

Varsity game this was.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by OKREF

So last night HS boys. I am trail, A1 going for layup B2 tries to block shot, B2 slaps backboard pretty hard but not so hard that it shakes rim or causes ball to not go in. He misses layup. Coach wants a T. I say coach it isn't a technical. YES IT IS. Coach it isn't. I have seen it called and you know it is a rule. He called a timeout and wanted to ask me about it.

10-3-4

I think this is a highly misinterpreted rule. How about where you are at?

It's never misinterpreted in games I work. Once explained the rule to a complaining, a-hole AAU coach from Texas whose response was "I don't care what the rule is".

[Adam]

Originally Posted by OKREF

Varsity game this was.

Had an entire varsity team (HC, ACs, players, trainer, bus driver) stand and signal for a T on a play like this. I gave them a timeout.