Official rule question

[scooter]

I coach a rec league team and tonight a player slapped the backboard when our player put up a shot off the backboard.  It was obvious he just slapped the backboard with no chance of blocking the shot.  I asked for a basket interfernce call and the ref explained that it's only interference if "it's in the square."  I assume he meant the ball was within the square - and extended out from the square as well (like on the rim).  Is that true?  It may be the ball was not in the square, but it was a bank shot and he slammed his hand on the board after the ball hit the glass.  At least that's how I saw it, but he may have seen it differently.

[Eye]

Should be count the bucket, and in high school, that's a technical foul.

[scooter]

supposedly we play high school rules.  So do you count the bucket when the ball hits the backboard before his hand slaps the backboard?  And is it regardless of where on the board the ball is?  I really want find the rule on the net and give it to the ref.

[Eye]

Anytime anybody intentionally hits the backboard or grabs the net in an attempt to prevent the shot from going in it's goaltending. In federation rules, the backboard portion (if intentional) also is a technical foul. In federation rules, if not intentional (backboard), I believe the bucket counts, but no technical.

As for the rule, I'd see if you can find it at nfhs.org (National Federation of High Schools). They may have a copy of high school rules in a PDF on that site.

[scooter]

thanks for your help