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Player Technical Fouls - National Federation of High School Basketball Rules
in previous episodes of the series,we've covered administrative Technical Fouls. Substitute Technical Fouls and team technical pals. Today we'll be covering player Technical Fouls.
For, all personnel affiliated with the team. If they receive one flagrant Technical Foul. They are either disqualified or ejected, or if they receive two Technical Fouls. They are either disqualified or ejected. Students are disqualified to the team bench. Adults are ejected from the premises must leave the vicinity immediately and not have contact in any fashion with the team for the remainder of the game. Those are parameters. If a team receives a Technical Foul, it counts towards the Val count towards bonus if a team member gets a Technical Foul. That Technical Foul counts towards their two Technical Fouls towards disqualification also their five fouls towards disqualification and counts as a team foul towards bonus.
Let's define what a player is. Let's look at rule 4 apps absolutely the highest priority rule for a new basketball official a
Rule 4-34 players bench personnel substitutes and team members.
Article One, a player is one of five team members who are legally on the court at any given time, except intermission.
During warmups prior to the game, how many players are on the court. Zero.
After the opening tip. How many players are on the court. Five. During a timeout. How many players are there in the game. Five, they retain their player status. While the timeout is occurring. Play ceases at the end of the first period, how many players are on the court for a team. Zero. They are not players during intermission. They are team members. All right, that's what a player is by rule
article to bench personnel are all individuals who are part of or affiliated with a team, including but not limited to substitutes.
Players who go to the table to enter into the game. Coaches managers and statisticians right so we could have adults on the bench. We could have students on the bench, who are not team members but rather fulfill the role of team manager statistician, etc.
article two specifically says during an intermission all team members are bench personnel for the purpose of penalizing unsporting behavior. So this would be the intermission between the first and second periods. It should be the intermission between the second and third periods or halftime, the intermission between the third and fourth period, and the intermission between the end of the fourth period, and the beginning of any subsequent additional period

[@hmsjr0154]

Greg After this series is completed. How about one on correctable errors! Thanks

[@BetterOfficials]

That would be a great topic! Add that one to the list.

[@MaydayAggro]

"Repeated violations of the throw-in": I believe this is referring to one specific player, whereas the team technical is for *anyone* violating a second time. I played a game once where one guy just kept violating over and over. I think this is addressing that, whereas all of the team's players could violate once, and each of those would be *team* technicals. A player could not be disqualified for any of those violations (after team warning), but could be for doing it multiple times (because it becomes a personal technical foul).

[@cheffreysailto8937]

I was officiating a game where a player went up and slapped the backboard while on defense. It seemed to be more out of frustration than attempting a block. I gave the player and the teams coach a warning and that I would give the player a technical foul if it happened again. Was this a valid call?

[@roblewis5912]

No. If it wasn’t a legitimate block attempt, you should have issued a technical foul. No warning.

[@alejandroosteguin3258]

Good stuff! Thanks

[@thomashickey6130]

How would you administer two players fighting on the court? Double flagrant technicals. Does each team have two free throws? who is ball awarded to on the division line? Does it matter if fight occurs during a play or in a dead ball situation? Thank you. I am devouring these videos, they are awesome!

[@davidharris8082]

No free throws, point of interruption to resume play

[@762531971]

Want to thank you for allowing me to learn to become a better official

[@keslermallari7670]

Hello, I was 3 step behind guarding the 3 point shooter. I jump towards him and clapped my hands is that technical?

[@BetterOfficials]

Attempting to distract a shooter in that fashion should not be ruled a Technical Foul.

[@josephfriskey1355]

Can a technical foul be issued AFTER the game is over

[@BetterOfficials]

Yes.

[@shanejones8884]

Here’s a stupid question: So if a player gets two technical fouls and is disqualified, if they leave the playing area if there is another adult to supervise is there further technical fouls? I’ve heard that the reason that a player is disqualified to the bench is because of a lack of adult supervision.

[@BetterOfficials]

Players can leave with adults. Say a player is really hurt. Ambulance comes. Refs say no, can't go; can't leave the bench! That would not work. Players need to use the bathroom... NOW! They are going. But NFHS has obviously had problems with players being unattended, especially after fights or being upset. It is a good rule. It is also good to understand the spirit and intent of the rule. The bench is not a prison. If a parent wants to take their disqualified and upset player home the game officials certainly aren't going to stop them. What about a school that has a sports medicine program. They have personnel there to assist players. A player rolls an ankle and needs to be evaluated and re-taped. Player goes to the trainers table to receive that attention. There are dozens of scenarios. Common sense should prevail in all.

[@markp7262]

Question about the section "Failure to immediately pass the ball to an official after a whistle." Does it specifically require possession for the referee to issue a technical? What if a player refuses to pick the ball up off the ground to give it to the official?

[@BetterOfficials]

Spirit and intent of the rule is important here. Intent by the player to display digust/resentment or create an actual delay.

[@TheMessyTruthHurts]

No smoking or chewing tobacco during a basketball game? Man we are a long way from the 70's!

[@BetterOfficials]

LOL

[@JustinKeel]

Thank you for this video series. As a new official, could you create a video on administering multiple penalties? For example a personal foul resulting in foul shots and a dead ball technical foul occurring during the same play.

[@BetterOfficials]

Like it! Added to the list.

[@nafurre2136]

Question???when can you give a warning ⚠️ for a technical foul and when is there no warning and goes straight to a technical foul. Thanks in advance.

[@jeffwright7587]

Hey Greg, so regarding 10-4-7 (dead ball contact), it reads "...Intentionally or flagrantly contacting an opponent...", and Rule 4-19-3 (definition of intentional foul) says "An intentional foul is a personal OR TECHNICAL foul that may or may not be premeditated..." My question: is there such a thing as an "intentional technical foul", and if so, how is that different than a "technical foul"?

[@johnf9874]

Great stuff!

[@Tony29103]

Technically wouldn't it be 10 players on the court (5 per team)

[@kgerman1]

Okay, seriously, have you ever witnessed goaltending during a F-T? 😭🤪

[@BetterOfficials]

I have seen grainy video

[@fromtheoutside]

NFHS must have taken the face guarding rule from FIBA...the rule reads very similarly: When I was in HS (late 80's- early 90's) face guarding was legal and that's how we were taught. However, for university, I switched to playing FIBA rules and was surprised when I read in the rule book that it wasn't permitted...still got as close as I could with a warning here or there ;~) Love the content even though it's not FIBA based... lets me run through FIBA scenarios in my head since we're not sure when/if we'll be back on the floor in my region of Canada.

[@psboa]

Took many poke in the eye injuries

[@fromtheoutside]

@@psboa In all the years I played, I was poked in the eye more times rebounding than I ever was while having a defender wave their hands near my face...re ZERO. As an official of 35-plus years, I'd have difficulty trying to remember anyone being poked in the eye by a defender that would rise to a "common occurrence"; it simply does not happen that often even when face-guarding was legal. So, while I understand the need for safety, this rule really doesn't protect anyone when most incidences are accidental.

[@psboa]

It doesn’t take much for NFHS to change a rule.

[@fromtheoutside]

@@psboa That may be true for certain rules, but there are a host of other rules that should have been changed or never really changed, to begin with; they kind of remind me of the USGA in the way they change rules that no one has a problem with, or won't change others that no one likes, and don't get me started on why shot clocks are not mandatory country-wide ;~) The "cost" excuse has been used since I was in high school and that was 30 years ago.