Use of own backboard (not a try)

[Nevadaref]

According to the NFHS Case Book, the proper way to handle this during a game is to rule it a legal play.
Once the ball is thrown off the backboard of the offensive team anyone may go retrieve it and can legally do anything after getting it.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

Once the ball is thrown off the backboard of the offensive team anyone may go retrieve it and can legally do anything after getting it.

Can legally do anything? The case play says that they can legally catch the ball. That's all it says. Period. It doesn't say that they can legally start a new dribble after catching the ball. Again, the original thread name states that this is not a try.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Can legally do anything? The case play says that they can legally catch the ball. That's all it says. Period. It doesn't say that they can legally start a new dribble after catching the ball. Again, the original thread name states that this is not a try.

I seem to recall an NFHS ruling from the past stating that the player didn't have any restrictions after the catch. I'll try to find it. My memory isn't what it used to be.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

I seem to recall an NFHS ruling from the past stating that the player didn't have any restrictions after the catch. I'll try to find it. My memory isn't what it used to be.

I agree. Don't know where it is but a toss off their own backboard is, for the purposes of what the player can do next, is treated like a try. It is not a try, however.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

... a toss off their own backboard is, for the purposes of what the player can do next, is treated like a try.

Pretend that I'm from Missouri. As President Ronald Reagan was fond of saying, "Trust, but verify".

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Pretend that I'm from Missouri. As President Ronald Reagan was fond of saying, "Trust, but verify".

Don't have time to dig it up.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

Don't have time to dig it up.

Nevadaref? You're the Forum expert at digging things up for the distant past. Give us a few minutes of your time. I need some closure here.