Fouls

The team of a fouled player either receive the ball to pass inbounds, or receive one or more free throws if they are fouled in the act of shooting, depending on whether the shot was successful.

Personal Foul: This is a breach of the rules that concerns illegal personal contact with an opponent including charging, blocking, pushing, holding and reaching.

Technical Foul: This is an infraction of the rules usually concerning unsportsmanlike non contact behaviour, and is generally considered a more serious infractionthan a personal foul. Like profone language, contesting decisions, fighting, time wasting.

Violations

Violations are infractions of the rules governing how the ball can be handled. The ball must stay within the court. The ball-handler may not move both feet without dribbling, known as travelling, nor may he dribble with both hands or catch the ball in between dribbles, a violation called double-dribbling. A player's hand can't be under the ball while dribbling, doing so is known as carrying the ball. A team, once having etablished ball control in the front half of the court, may not return the ball to the back-court.

Time Limits

The below time limits are monitored by the referee

• The time taken before progressing the ball past halfway  8 seconds
• Before attempting a shot  24 seconds
• Holding the ball while closely guarded  5 seconds
• Remaining in the restricted area  3 seconds