Basketball Rules

            The rules and regulation of Basketball can be easy to follow and sometimes when you’re frustrated, hard to follow. You have fouls and lots of other rules that you have to follow. A foul is unfair act that is a player does that is called by a referee. One kind of foul is called a technical. It caused when a coach or player shows bad sportsmanship like arguing with an other player on the other team or a referee. This is a more serious kind of foul. A personal foul is using illegal personal contact with an opponent. Also, a flagrant foul. It is considered the most serious foul in Basketball. It is when you use illegal contact with a player and can inflict pain on an other.

            There is a shot clock too. It indicates that you have to shoot within a curtain amount of time. In the NBA you have to shoot within 24 seconds. Also in the NBA, each quarter of play is 12 minutes. At halftime the players go back to the locker rooms and talk about the first half and things they need to work on. It usually lasts 20 minutes. If a team goes into overtime, which is extra time of play when the teams are tied at the end of the regulation time. It lasts for 5 minutes.

            The regulation Basketball court is 28 by 15 meters or about 92 feet by 49 feet.