Fouls in Basketball

Question 1

Foul

Answer 1

An infringement of the rules for which one or more free throws are awarded if the foul was
committed during an attempt to shoot.

Question 2

Blocking

Answer 2

… An individual foul involving personal contact that impedes the progress of an opponent with
or without the ball. (A player may not enter the path of a moving player without giving that player a
chance to stop or change direction. A player cannot impede the progress of another by holding both arms
fully extended horizontally.)

Question 3

Charging

Answer 3

A player with the ball moves into an opponent whose position is legal or whose path is
already established. (Contact caused by momentum of a player who has passed or thrown for a goal is a
form of charging.)

Question 4

Disqualifying Foul

Answer 4

… Unnecessary roughness or unsportsmanlike behaviour, (this can be using foul
language!). For this, a player is removed from the game.

Question 5

Hacking

Answer 5

The player hits the arm or hand of the person holding the ball.

Question 6

Holding

Answer 6

The player holds the person with or without the ball.