Question

Differentiate between team foul maker and player foul maker.

Answer 1

A personal foul is a player's illegal contact with an opponent, whether the ball is live or dead. A player shall not hold, block, push, charge, trip or impede the progress of an opponent by extending his hand, arm, elbow, shoulder, hip, leg, knee or foot, nor by bending his body into an' abnormal' position (outside his cylinder), nor shall he indulge in any rough or violent play.

Penalty

1. A personal foul shall be charged on the offender.
2. If the foul is committed on a player not in the act of shooting: The game shall be resumed with a throw-in by the non-offending team at the place nearest to the infraction.
3. If the foul is committed on a player in the act of shooting, that player shall be awarded a number of free throws as follows:
   • If the shot released from the field goal area is successful, the goal shall count and, in addition, 1 free throw.
   • If the shot released from the 2-point field goal area is unsuccessful, 2 free throws.
   • If the shot released from the 3-point field goal area is unsuccessful, 3 free throws.

If the player is fouled as, or just before, the game clock signal sounds for the end of the quarter or overtime or as, or just before, the shot clock signal sounds, while the ball is still in the player's hand(s) and the field goal is successful, the goal shall not count and 2 or 3 free throws shall be awarded.

A team foul is a personal, technical, unsportsmanlike or disqualifying foul committed by a player. A team is in the team foul penalty situation after it has committed 4 team fouls in a quarter.
All team fouls committed in an interval of play shall be considered as being committed in the following quarter or overtime.

All team fouls committed in each overtime shall be considered as being committed in the fourth quarter.
The difference between the two types of fouls is the way they are counted during a game. A personal foul is any penalty that is against the rules of play. This foul will be added to the player's total fouls and the team's fouls. A team foul is the number of fouls of every player added together, the total of each player is the number of team fouls.