personal fouls
Illegal physical contact
Personal fouls are rule violations in basketball and similar sports involving illegal physical contact with an opponent—pushing, holding, tripping, or hitting.
A player who accumulates too many fouls out of the game.
The term distinguishes contact violations from technical fouls, which penalize unsportsmanlike conduct or procedural violations rather than physical play.
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- misconductImproper professional behavior
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personal foulstechnical fouls
Non-contact rule infractions
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