2024 2025 IAABO Manual June20_2024

Foul Procedures

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Foul Procedures The successful official must study and gain a comprehensive understanding of the rules that directly impact foul procedures. These rule sections include: Blocking, Charge Foul (4–7); Foul (4–19); Guarding (4–23); Legal and Illegal Use of Hands and Arms (4–24); Holding (4–26); Incidental Contact (4–27); Rebounding (4–37); Screening (4–40); Verticality (4–45); and Contact (10–7). Except when applying rule 10-7-12, prior to arriving at a decision an official observing contact must first apply the incidental contact rule. If the contact involved doesn’t meet the criteria for incidental contact, the official shall determine, by applicable rule, who is responsible for the contact and rule a foul. A. When a foul occurs there are specific communication procedures, and signals which must be executed by officials. 1. Sound the whistle while raising one arm, with fist clenched, straight up. 2. Make eye contact with partners. 3. If a try for goal is involved, check with your partners, if needed, to determine if the ball entered the basket. If the ball goes in the basket and the ruling official has not signaled to award the goal, it is the responsibility of the non-ruling officials to immediately communicate verbally to the ruling official before the official reports to the scorer. Verbally state “The ball entered the basket.” 4. If a successful try is involved, signal to count the goal as soon as it is known/ confirmed. If the ruling official is canceling a try, they should verbalize “no shot” while displaying the cancel try signal. 5. Continue holding the foul signal and step toward the player who committed the foul. 6. When clarification is necessary, extend the other arm, with palm down, toward the fouler’s midsection (birddog). 7. Stop and verbalize the color and number of the player who committed the foul. 8. At the site of the foul, verbalize the type of foul and give the appropriate signal. If player or team control, add the directional signal toward the basket of the team receiving the ball. 9. When free throws are to be awarded, verbalize the color and the number of the player who was fouled. The non-calling official(s) should ensure the correct shooter is identified and attempts the free throws. 10. Verbally and visually inform partners of the number of free throws (if any) OR indicate the throw-in spot, if a throw-in will follow. 11. The ruling official shall verbalize and use proper signals to communicate the type of foul and procedure that will follow intentional, flagrant, simultaneous, double, and false double fouls to partners, players, coaches and table personnel. 12. After a technical foul, the ruling official shall become the Trail during the ensuing free throws, and shall be responsible for putting the ball in play at the division line opposite the table. B. Reporting the foul 1. Proceed to the reporting area (hustle to and from, see pg. 51). 2. While moving to the reporting area observe the bench areas. 3. Stop, establish eye contact with the scorer prior to beginning the report. 4. If a successful field goal is involved signal to score the goal immediately.