drawing a foul in basketball?
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nope its a great strategy. it can get you an easy 10 or 15 points(Trust me, I do it all the time)
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You can swat the ball away if it's still making "upward progress" toward the basket. If it's coming down, swatting it away is goaltending. Just don't foul the shooter.
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why is this in basketball?
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Ball Terminology:\n* Red = basic object ball that is red in color\n* Ball color = any ball that is not red in color\n\nWhen there are still red balls on the table:\n1. your 1st shot on every turn must be a red(any red ball is ok).\n2. You must first pot a red to gain access to potting any ball color you wish. (the pocketed red shall remain in the pocket)\n3. Before potting a ball color, you must 1st state what color you are taking, and if any other ball(colored or red) goes on your attempt to take your chosen ball color, it will be regarded as a foul. (the pocketed ball color shall be taken out of the pocket and returned to its original spot at the table)\n4. This process is repeated until all red balls are pocketed.\n5. In the event that a ball is missed, the cycle is renewed with the shooting player required to pot a red ball 1st.\n\nWhen all red balls are gone:\n1. balls are pocketed in this order - yellow, green, brown, blue, pink, black\n\nFoul Rules:\n*** Cueball must make contact with object ball first otherwise, foul is committed( Penalty: 4pt or corresponding pt value of 1st ball hit, whichever is higher)\n1. If the cueball does not hit anything on the table, the ahooter's opponent may choose to take the shot, pass, or ask the shooter to redo the shot(taking the white to its original place before the shot took place)\n2. If the shooter commits a foul and the opponent has no clear path to an object ball, he may be allowed to take a freeball(any ball on the table). The freeball will take the pt of the original object ball.\n3. other basic rules apply(e.g. cueball pocketed, accidentally nudging any ball on the table, etc)\n\nBall quantity, points and orig spot(looking from the side opposite the arch):\n= RED(15) - 1pt each (in a triangle formation just below the PINK)\n= YELLOW(1) - 2pt (left side of BROWN)\n= GREEN(1) - 3pt (right side of BROWN)\n= BROWN(1) - 4pt (midpoint of the line connecting the arch\n= BLUE(1) - 5pt (center of table)\n= PINK(1) - 6pt (above the reds)\n= BLACK(1) - 7pt (below the reds)\n\nA game ends when:\n1. A player resigns because there are not enough balls on the table to make up for the opponent's score; OR he does not have enough options to execute a good snooker to force the opponent into a foul.\n2. All reds and ball colors are pocketed.\n\nWinner:\n- The player with the most points at the end of the game wins!
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It is never illegal to hit the backboard, only go over it. You can hit the backboard on a free throw, but if it doesn't hit the rim on your second/last shot it will automatically go to the other team.
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The rule was changed so that play would not be interrupted unnecessarily. Like you, I didn't quite get it. I looked up "new offside rule" on Google and came up with the link below. It seems to explain it quite well.
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It's the total of all fouls by members of the same team in one half.  It's used for determining when a "non-shooting foul" results in free throws rather than possession of the ball.\n\nIn other words, if one player on a team gets three fouls and a couple of other players get one or two fouls each, their team would be "over the limit" for team fouls.
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http://www.nfhs.org/scriptcontent/va_Custom/vimdisplays/newspage.cfm?Category_ID=29&Content_ID=93&showarchive=No&itemtitle=Item&Title=Basketball%20Sports/Rules%20Information&NewsHeader=BT&NewsFooter=BK_FOOT&NewsImage=
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Palming the ball is when you "cup" the ball during a dribble. Not commonly called in the NBA.\n\nOver and back line is the half court line. Once the ball crosses the line, the offensive player cannot dribble back or pass to another team member back across the line. Doing so results in loss of possession.\n\nThe "ten second rule" is the time have from an inbound to cross the mid-court line. The ten second rule is counted off by the official and failure to cross the mid-line in 10 seconds results in loss of possession.
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I agree. There is definitely something wrong with the refereeing of the NBA. Calls are sometimes called in the favor of one team, the calls aren't consistent, the refs favor superstars too much by giving them foul calls and not calling some of their fouls, they swallow their whistles sometimes in late game situations but sometimes they don't. They have to be consistent about what they do and do not allow and they have to be objective about calling fouls. Dwayne Wade leans in to cause the contact a lot of times when he gets "fouled" but refs give him the foul because he's a star.\nAnd I agree that they are suspending players for fouls that are not all that hard. Even if Jerry Stackhouse fouled Shaq hard has the NBA seen how big shaq is? What makes them think that he can't take that those kinds of fouls. I would understand if it was Earl Boykins but Shaq?
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So I'm not the only one that has noticed this..?! It's becoming evident in these playoffs that something needs to change, because the referees should NOT have the power to affect the outcome of a deciding game...! Take the Spurs/Mavericks game last night for example. I was watching the final seconds of the 4th quarter, and saw a "phantom foul" called on Bruce Bown--that, coincidentally, would bring Dirk to the line to tie the game and take it into overtime. There has been several "questionable" calls, and most of them have affected the outcome of games. SOME SORT of system needs to be put in place, because like football, human error happens--but it shouldn't be the reason a team losses a game if the call wasn't the right one to begin with!
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First to clarify, the 'buzzer' in known as the foul line. Typically, when you release your ball, you set the ball down past that line and that is why your ball doesn't set the foul light off. If you're setting your ball down behind the foul line, you're losing valuable rotation on the ball and your hook isn't going to break the way you want it too. Remember, loft that ball there!!
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vegeta_ss_j...There's no such thing as a "blocking foul" There is "impeeding the progress of an opponent" but that would result in an indirect free kick, not a direct.\n\nRob...if you referee at a national level, then your explinations are lacking in substance or propper information. If you are going to call the Australian player for "impeeding" (hasn't been called "obstruction" for a while), it would result in an indirect kick. Also, if the call was "denying an obvious goal scoring opportunity" (has never been referred to as "taking away" a "scoring chance") then why were there no cards issued?  Denying an obvious goal scoring opportunity is an automatic red (no choice whatsoever). There wasn't even a yellow card pulled on that play.\n\nThe call was either for tripping, or you could possibly argue the point that the referee had waited to call the first contact to see if advantage would develop, then went back to call the first foul when the advantage was gone, but that is pushing it. There had been much harder contact that had gone unchecked and when there's a foul in the penalty area, the most adventagious thing to do (unless the ball is literally on the way into the goal) is to give the penalty kick.
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a good thing to do is to try to get the defender off of their feet if they are as tall as you.. so pump fakes work really good... another thing to do is a drop set since you are so tall it will be easier to do this all you have to do is step back and turn toward the basket while clearing you defender out without fouling.. another good move is a little hook shot just turn toward the inside and lay it in
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It is when a defensive player stays in the paint not guarding a person for more than 3 seconds. It results in a technical foul and a free throw awarded to the other team. Here's the actual rule from the NBA rules website.\n\nSection VII—Defensive Three-\nSecond Rule\na. The count starts when the offensive\nteam is in control of the ball in the\nfrontcourt.\nb. Any defensive player, who is\npositioned in the 16-foot lane or the\narea extending 4 feet past the lane\nendline, must be actively guarding an\nopponent within three seconds.Actively\nguarding means being within arms\nlength of an offensive player and in a\nguarding position.\nc. Any defensive player may play any\noffensive player.The defenders may\ndouble-team any player.\nd. The defensive three-second count is\nsuspended when: (1) a player is in the\nact of shooting, (2) there is a loss of\nteam control, (3) the defender is actively\nguarding an opponent, (4) the defender\ncompletely clears the 16-foot lane or\n(5) it is imminent the defender will\nbecome legal.\ne. If the defender is guarding the player\nwith the ball, he may be located in the\n16-foot lane.This defender is not\nrequired to be in an actively\nguarding/arms distance position. If\nanother defender actively guards the\nplayer with the ball, the original\ndefender must actively guard an\nopponent or exit the 16-foot lane. Once\nthe offensive player passes the ball, the\ndefender must actively guard an\nopponent or exit the 16-foot lane.\nPENALTY:A technical foul shall be\nassessed.The offensive team retains\npossession on the sideline at the free\nthrow line extended nearest the point\nof interruption.The shot clock shall\nremain the same as when play was\ninterrupted or reset to 14 seconds,\nwhichever is greater.\nIf a violation is whistled during a\nsuccessful field goal attempt, the\nviolation shall be ignored and play shall\nresume as after any successful basket.
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A foul and miss has occurred if the shot was on the same turn.\n\n-4 or -5 or -6 or -7\n-7, if he had failed to nominate a colour.\n\nThen numerous options come in to play because the act of missing the ball on was deliberate.
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In official terms, it a "Foul"\n\nWhen you play elsewhere, like in pool houses or something, they call it "scratch"