A rebound (individual or team) must be credited following each unsuccessful
field goal attempt and free throw attempt (last of 1/2/3 shot sequence).


1. An individual rebound is credited to a player each time he retrieves a
live ball immediately following a missed field goal attempt or free throw
attempt. An offensive rebound is credited to a player each time he retrieves
a live ball immediately following a field goal attempt or a free throw attempt
that is missed by himself or a team-mate. A defensive rebound is credited
to a player each time he retrieves a live ball immediately following a field
goal attempt or a free throw attempt that is missed by an opponent.

EXAMPLE: Free throw or field goal attempt bounces off the rim (or backboard
) and the player saves the ball from going out of bounds by tapping it to
a team-mate. SCORING: Credit player who made a controlled tap with a rebound
(either an offensive or defensive rebound, depending on the shooter).

EXAMPLE: Free throw or field goal attempt bounces off rim (or backboard)
and is deliberately tapped backwards in a controlled manner by a player to
a team-mate. SCORING: Credit player who tapped the ball with a rebound.

EXAMPLE: Free throw or field goal attempt bounces off rim (or backboard)
and merely glances off a player to be recovered by a team-mate or opponent
. SCORING: Credit rebound to player who recovers ball. Touching the ball
does not constitute control or possession.

EXAMPLE: Free throw or field goal attempt bounces off rim (or backboard)
and, in an attempt to save the ball from going out of bounds, a player taps
the ball to an opponent. SCORING: Credit opponent who received tap with
a rebound.

EXAMPLE: Free throw or field goal attempt bounces off rim (or backboard)
and player saves ball from going out of bounds by purposely throwing or slapping
the ball off the body of an opponent thereby gaining possession for his
team. SCORING: Credit rebound to the player who was responsible for the ball
being awarded to his team.

2. Particular care should be taken in the scoring of rebounds at the end
of a period. If the buzzer sounds before any player secures possession, no
individual rebound is credited, even if it "seems obvious" which player
would have reached the ball first had the end of the quarter not occurred
. Similarly, there is no individual rebound credited in situations where
the whistle stops play before there is player possession. However, if there
is CLEAR possession before a whistle for a foul, the player who receives
possession should be credited with a rebound.

EXAMPLE: With just one second left in the quarter, player tries a long shot
just before the buzzer sounds. The shot misses and the quarter ends. SCORING
: Charge the player with a field goal attempt regardless of whether or not
the shot hits the rim or backboard. The reasoning - he was trying to score
a goal. If, before the buzzer sounded, no player had gained control of the
rebound, award a team rebound to the team whose player attempted the shot
.

EXAMPLE: Following a missed shot with players going for the ball, a whistle
is blown for a personal foul. SCORING: Charge the player with a field goal
attempt and the team which was fouled with a team rebound.

EXAMPLE: Following a missed shot, a player gains possession of the rebound
, and, while still in the air, is fouled. SCORING: Charge the player who
attempted the shot with a field goal attempt and credit the player who was
fouled with a rebound. The fact that the rebounder was still in the air
does not affect the play as long as he had clear possession before being
fouled.

3. If a player's shot is blocked and he recovers the blocked shot he is to
be credited with an offensive rebound (see blocked shots). A player who
gets a shot off as many as two or three times in a play sequence, and has
the ball blocked by a defensive player each time, is to be charged with
a field goal attempt on each try in the sequence, and is to be credited with
an offensive rebound each time he recovers the ball.

4. A team rebound is credited in all of the following situations:

(a) To the team to which the ball is awarded out of bounds or at the free
throw line as a result of a missed field goal attempt or free throw attempt
. This includes circum- stances when:

(i) the ball goes out of bounds without any player having secured possession
:

(ii) a free throw attempt misses the rim (on final attempt in sequence 1/
2/3):

(iii) the shooter commits a free throw violation (on final attempt in sequence
1/2/3):

(iv) a foul is called before individual possession is gained following a
missed field goal attempt or free throw attempt:

(v) a technical foul shot is missed (on final attempt in sequence 1/2/3):


(b) To the team that first gains possession following a jump ball when such
a jump ball immediately follows a missed field goal attempt or free throw
attempt, before any player is credited with an individual rebound.

EXAMPLE: Field goal attempt bounces out of bounds without anyone touching
it.

SCORING: Credit opponents with a team rebound.

EXAMPLE: Field goal attempt bounces off the rim (or backboard) and glances
off a player's body going out of bounds. SCORING: Credit team awarded ball
with a team rebound.

EXAMPLE: Player misses a field goal attempt and a loose ball foul is called
on one of his opponents. SCORING: Credit offensive team with a team rebound
, regardless of whether it is awarded a free throw or possession out of bounds
.

EXAMPLE: Player misses a field goal attempt and a loose ball foul is called
on either himself or a team-mate. SCORING: Credit defensive team with a
team rebound, regardless of whether it is awarded a free throw or possession
out of bounds.

5. Following a missed shot (either field goal or free throw) when a live
ball becomes dead due to the expiration of a period, credit a team rebound
to the team whose player attempted that shot.
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