Fouls and Penlties Flashcards
What are the types of fouls?
- Personal foul: Contact that impedes the progress of an opponent.
- Technical foul: Non-contact infractions involving unsporting behavior.
- Intentional foul: Deliberate contact designed to negate an opponent’s advantage.
- Disqualifying foul: Severe or flagrant unsporting behavior leading to ejection.
What constitutes incidental contact?
Contact is incidental if it occurs while both players are in equally favorable positions, does not hinder the opponent’s normal movement, and both players are competing for a loose ball without illegal advantage.
What is the legal guarding position?
Establish with both feet on the court, facing the opponent, and must remain within the vertical plane (arms extended vertically).
What are violations of the verticality rule?
- Defender leaves vertical plane and causes contact.
- Offensive player clears out or pushes off, causing contact.
What are the rules for guarding a player with the ball?
No time or distance is required. Defender can establish position anywhere on the court.
What are the rules for guarding a player without the ball?
Time and distance are required to allow the opponent to avoid contact.
What defines a legal screen?
Screener must remain stationary after establishing position and give the opponent time and distance to avoid contact.
What constitutes an illegal screen?
- Moving while setting the screen.
- Failing to give adequate space to a moving opponent.
What is blocking in basketball?
Blocking is illegal personal contact by a defender that impedes the progress of an opponent.
What are the key points of blocking?
Blocking occurs if the defender fails to establish or maintain a legal guarding position or moves into the path of an opponent without giving space to avoid contact.
What is charging?
Charging is illegal contact caused by an offensive player pushing or moving into a defender’s torso.
What are the key points of charging?
The defender must have established legal guarding position, and if the offensive player is airborne, the defender must establish position before the player leaves the floor.
What is holding in basketball?
Holding is illegal contact with an opponent that interferes with their freedom of movement.
What is pushing in basketball?
Pushing is illegal contact caused by forcefully moving an opponent.
What is a personal foul?
A personal foul is illegal contact during live-ball or dead-ball periods.
What are the types of personal fouls?
- Offensive foul: Committed by the team in control of the ball.
- Defensive foul: Committed by a defender while attempting to stop the opponent.
What is the penalty for personal fouls?
Free throws awarded if the team is in the bonus; possession awarded to the non-offending team if not in the bonus.
What is a double foul?
Both teams commit fouls against each other simultaneously. No free throws awarded; ball is returned to the point of interruption.
What is a simultaneous foul?
Fouls occur at the same time but not against each other. No free throws unless a team is in the bonus; resume play from point of interruption.
What is a technical foul?
A non-contact foul of a behavioral or administrative nature, including misconduct, illegal equipment, excessive timeouts, and violations by team followers.
What are the types of technical fouls?
- Direct Technical Foul: Assessed to a player, head coach, or bench personnel for their own behavior.
- Indirect Technical Foul: Assessed to the head coach for actions of bench personnel.
What are administrative technical fouls?
Includes court and equipment compliance, and lineup and roster compliance.
What is the penalty for administrative technical fouls?
One free throw awarded to the offended team, followed by a throw-in at the point of interruption.
What are team technical fouls?
Repeated infractions such as delay of game after a team warning, interfering with the ball after a goal, or faking being fouled.
