CO M M O N B A S K E T B A LL

FOUL S A N D V I O L A T IO N S
E :N 13 4 INST RU C TOR:
DO , TIM J OHN L O UIE C . COD
BY: RANCU
RUBINA R. SADERNAS
PERSONAL FOULS
 HOLDING

WHEN A PLAYER USES THEIR HANDS TO GRAB THE OPPONENT TO

IMPEDE OR PREVENT THEM FROM MOVING OR ADVANCING WITH O
WITHOUT THE BALL.
 ILLEGAL OR “MOVING”
PICK/SCREEN

WHEN A PLAYER FAILS TO MAINTAIN A SET POSITION WHILE

SETTING A SCREEN OR PICK. SCREENS MUST BE
PERFORMED IN A STANDSTILL MANNER.
 HAND CHECK

WHEN A PLAYER CONTINUALLY USES THEIR HANDS ON AN OPPOSING

PLAYER. THIS FOUL IS TYPICALLY CALLED ON DEFENDERS AT THE
PERIMETER TO KEEP A SAFE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE BALL HANDLER
AND THE BASKET.
ILLEGAL HAND USE OR “REACHING IN”

SIMILAR TO HOLDING, THIS IS WHEN A PLAYER USES THEIR HANDS IN A

FASION THAT REFEREES DEEMS ILLEGAL, TYPICALLY IN A FORM OF
TOUCHINGS A SHOOTER’S ARM OR HAND THROUGH THEIR RELEASE OR
TOUCHING AFTER AN ATTEMPTED STEAL.
 ELBOWING

WHEN A PLAYER EXCESSIVELLY SWINGS THEIR ELBOW AND HITS

ANOTHER PLAYER.
 CHARGING

WHEN AN OFFENSIIVE PLAYERS

MAKES CONTACT WITH A DEFENDER
WHO HAS ESTABLISHED POSITION IN
FRONT OF AN OFFENSIVE PLAYER
WIITH OR WITHOUT THE BASKETBALL
AND IS NOT MOVING.
 BLOCKING

WHEN A DEFENDER MAKES CONTACT WITH AN OFFENSIVE

PLAYER WITHOUT ESTABLISHING POSTIION, WITHOUT
GIVING PROPER SPACE OR IS IN THE CHARGE CIRCLE.
 TECHNICAL FOUL

WHEN A PLAYER OR COACH DISPLAYS UNSPORTSMANLIKE

BEHAVIOR, LIKE FOUL LANGUAGE, OBSCENE GESTURES OR
ARGUING. TWO TECHNICAL FOULS WILL RESULT IN EJECTION
FROM THE GAME.
 FLAGRANT FOUL

WHEN A PLAYER PERFOMS AN ACT OF VIOLENCE THAT CAN SERIOUSLY

HARM OTHERS IN THE COURT. THIS CAN BE UNINTENTIONAL OR
DELIBERATE. FLAGRANT FOULS CAN ALSO RESULT IN PLAYER EJECTION
AT THE REFEREE’S DISCRETION.
VIOLATIONS
 TRAVELLING

WHEN A PLAYER TAKES TWO STEPS BETWEEN DRIBBLES OR WITHOUT

DRIBBLING THE BASKETBALL. TRAVELLING CAN ALSO OCCUR WHEN A
PLAYER PICKED UP THE DRIBBLE SWITCHES ON HIS OR HER PIVOT FOOT.
 PALMING

WHEN A PLAYER DRIBBLES THE BASTKETBALL IN A MANNE THAT

HAS THEIR PALM TOO FAR TO THE SIDE OR UNDERNEATH THE
BASKETBALL
 DOUBLE
DRIBBLE

WHEN A PLAYER PICKS UP

THEIR DRIBBLE TO ESTABLISH
THEIR POSITION AND THEN
RESTARTS THEIR DRIBBLE, OR
WHEN A PLAYER DRIBBLES THE
BASKETBALL WITH TWO
HANDS AT THE SAME TIME
 HELD BALL

WHEN TWO PLAYERS GAIN POSSESION

OF THE BALL AND A BRIEF BATTLE FOR
THE BASKETBALL OCCURS. THE
REFEREE WILL AWARD POSSESION TO
ONE TEAM, ALTERNATING WHICH
TEAM GETS THE BALL EACH
SUBSEQUENT TIME IT OCCURS
BACKCOURT OR
“OVER & BACK”

WHEN A BASKETBALL PLAYER

BRINGS THE BASKETBALL OVER
THE HALF-COURT LINE AND
THEN RETREATS BACK OVER
MIDCOURT DURING THEIR
POSSESION
 FREE THROW VIOLATIONS

IF THE OFFENSE TRAVELS TO THE FREE THROW LANE PRIOR TO

THE SHOOTER’S RELEASE OF THE BALL, THEN THE SHOT DOES
NOT COUNT. IF THE DEFENSIVE VENTURES TO THE FREE THROW
LANE TOO EARLY, THEN ANOTHER SHOT ATTEMPT IS AWARDED
TO THE SHOOTER, IF THEY MISS
VARIOUS TIME RESTRICTIONS
 3-SECOND VIOLATION

OFFENSIVE PLAYERS CANNOT STAND IN THE KEY FOR MORE THAN 3

SECONDS
 5-SECOND VIOLATION
(INBOUNDING)
A PLAYER MUST INBOUND THE BASKETBALL WITHIN 5 SECONDS AFTER
THE REFEREE HANDS IT TO THEM TO AVOID TURNOVER
5-SECOND VIOLATION (OFFENSIVE)

AN OFFENSIVE PLLAYER MUST PASS, DRIBBLE OR SHOOT THE

BASKETBALL WITHIN 5 SECONDS IF BEING GUARDED BY A DEFENSIVE
PLAYER WHO IS WITHIN’S ARMS REACH.
10-SECOND VIOLATION

PLAYER MUST ADVANCE THE BASKETBALL OVER

THE MID-COURT LINE WITHIN 10 SECONDS TO
AVOID A TURNOVER