Basketball Tips: The Art of the Fouls in Basketball Game

Even though basketball is not a game that requires a lot of body contact, but the contact is likely to occur during the game. From the body contact actually, lot of possibilities drills that you can create or also help for your teammates play, either in defense or offense position. But if you overdo it, might result you getting a foul. In the event of contact, the referee gave the foul to the player or team. Each fouls will be recorded by the registrar. There are two types of fouls or a mistake in the game of basketball, which are individual fouls and team fouls.

Individual fouls
If the player refuses, hold, illegal block or hit an opponent, which prevented him from continuing the game or create a shot, it is called as fouls or individual mistakes. In a game of basketball, a player can not commit the fouls for more than five times. Fifth time the same player commit a foul, he will be ejected and not allowed to continue the game.

Team fouls
When a team commits total of five fouls in a quarter of the basketball game, any subsequent offense on the opponent, the team will be blamed. Penalties for the offense is two free throws awarded to players who are been fouled.

It is the matter of how we make use of the fouls. It might be advantages in terms of reduce the time wasting of the opponent (especially when they lead), or even broke the morale of the opponents. Of course they will not go easy on us, so its the point of how use the aggressiveness of the opponent, take advantage of it and if possible, create a foul. More fouls to them, more advantages we are right?