In basketball, is it a goaltending violation automatically if the ball hits the backboard before the block?

even when the ball is on its way up? (with a lay-up, for example....)

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it that situation i believe the ball would have to be over the rim in order to be goal tending. for instance if i went for a layup and the ball hit the backboard near the edge and you jump up and knocked it into the stands or simply jump up and grab it then that's fine but if the ball hits in the square or anywhere above the rim cylinder and you do something then you that would be goal tending because you are changing the trajectory of the ball.

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No, the ball has to be coming downward for it to be goaltending

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yeah.. if the ball is hit after it makes contact with the backboard that is considered goal tending and only when the ball is on the way back down after a lay-up is it goaltending.. so it can be block on its way up but not after it has hit the backboard or if its on its way down..

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Nope, if the ball hits the backboard and is still on the way up you can block it... I didn't know this till I saw Greg Oden get a block this way in the NCAA Tourney

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You can't block the ball if it hits the backboard first. You may have seen it happen before but it wasnt called because the official missed it.

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In the NBA, yes, definitely. When the ball hits the backboard and is tapped by a defender, the referee must make a goaltending violation call and count the basket.

In amateur/international rules however, you can even block the shot after the ball hits the rim and is still within the goal's cylinder.

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Goaltending has 4 requirements.

1. Must be a try for goal.
2. Must be above the rim.
3. Must be in downward flight.
4. Must have reasonable chance to go into basket.

If any of these four are not met then it is not a goaltend. Nothing about backboards here.

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