Foul (Basketball)

This article deals with fouls in the area of ​​basketball. They are divided into the following different areas.

  • 2.1 Path foul

Personal Fouls

As a personal foul in basketball is called intentional or unintentional infractions during the current game, such as

  • Pull opponent 's shirt or
  • Touch opponents wrong

Or other fouls; these are subdivided as follows:

Defensive Fouls

Reach -in foul

As Reach -in Foul is defined as the unauthorized touching the opponent with the hand, if it has the ball, such as when you hit him on the finger while dribbling. The attacking team is in possession.

Blocking foul

As a blocking foul is referred to the following situation:

An attacking player comes with the ball at the blocking defender. If the defender moves from his block and it comes in physical contact, which is a blocking foul. The attacking team is in possession.

Throw foul

When throwing foul is called the fouling on attacking players, while he tries to execute a throw. Was the throw attempt is successful, the fouled player is awarded a free throw. Was the throw attempt is not successful and was the foul instead of behind the 3 -point line, the player fouled wins 3 free throws, otherwise 2 free throws. After a successful last free throw gets the team that had fouled the ball

Unsportsmanlike Fouls

In unsportsmanlike (formerly intentional ) fouls the attacker dragged the shirt, he is being held or is intentionally committed a personal foul, but which does not constitute a legitimate attempt to directly play the ball.

Disqualifying fouls

A disqualifying foul is any obvious unsportsmanlike behavior by players, coaches or substitutes, such as a player at undermining the layup or insulting the referee.

In the two aforementioned types of foul foul players has no real opportunity to play the ball and takes the fouled player is so aware of the fair chance at a basket of success. As punishment, two free throws are imposed with subsequent throw-in at the center line for the team of the fouled player.

Offensive Fouls

Charging foul

The situation is the same as the blocking foul, it is only different in that the defender does not move. If that's the case, and the defender is caught off guard by the ball carrier attacker, which is a charging foul and the offended team gets the ball

Provide challenge at the block

If an attacking player ( without the ball ) represents a block, so that the defenders of the ball carrier not do without him, that's not necessarily a foul. It is a challenge as soon as it

  • The defender holds,
  • The defender pushes or similar.

Technical Fouls

As a technical foul is any foul, which no body contact between two players went ahead, such as violent protest, according to an arbitration directional decision, shouting / pöbeln of the opponent or the like, so any indiscipline. In provocation of the enemy that also applies. Likewise, violations of the rules of an administrative nature can (for more than 5 players, error when changing player on the field ) is punishable as a technical foul. The " offended " team will be awarded at the centerline of two free throws and possession.

Path foul

A Path foul is a foul, in which the opponent has free rein to the basket and one fouls him from the side or rear. The consequences are the same as for a technical foul. This challenge applies in the NBA, according to the DBB this challenge is, however, seen as unsportsmanlike.

Unsportsmanlike Fouls

An unsportsmanlike foul is a foul, in which the defender has no chance to get the ball, or such a bad tackle that one puts at risk the health of your opponent.

Disqualifying fouls

A disqualifying foul is the worst thing you can commit in basketball. An insulting the referee or opponent or a very brutal foul or other hard rule violations can cause this.

Ausfoulen

A player has ausgefoult as soon as it

  • Five or six times normal or committed a technical foul in the NBA;
  • Has two unsportsmanlike fouls or
  • A disqualifying foul gets imposed.

A trainer will be disqualified if:

  • He received two technical fouls ("C" ) on the basis of personal, unsporting behavior;
  • Against the bank of his team three technical fouls ( "B") were imposed or
  • A combination of two bank Fouls ( "B") and a technical foul ( "C") was imposed in any order.
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