what is a foul now there's a lot of
different fouls that happen in the game
of basketball let's talk about an
offensive foul now for an example an
offensive foul usually you'll hear a
referee say a charge that's a perfect
example of an offensive foul how does
that occur a player usually let's talk
about the NBA you're standing in regular
position usually you'll see a male
standing like this a female normally
like this a person will come to you
you're standing your feet about
shoulder-width apart and you've been
holding position for at least three to
five seconds and someone comes in runs
right into you and they have the ball
that's usually an offensive foul we call
it charge okay then we have a defensive
foul defensive foul or shooting foul
usually you have somebody with the ball
if you're doing a shooting foul they'll
go for a shot and an opponent the
defensive player will jump and
accidentally say hit their hand that can
be a shooting foul a regular defensive
foul is just a player not in the
shooting motion going towards the hoop
and they're fouled by the opposing
player or they're not their teammate but
the opposing team alright there's also
the technical foul now a technical foul
most commonly happens if you see maybe a
coach on the sidelines screaming at the
referee for no apparent reason but
usually it's legitimate but no apparent
reason it seems like and they're
insulting the referee the referee by all
means we'll call a technical foul and
then the team will be penalized the
flagrant foul the flagrant foul is
usually when a player intentionally
harms another player and those are the
files you want to watch out for because
those are the dirty players that you
don't want to be involved with or don't
want to be caught playing with