Basketball Shooting Fouls

Introduction

Not all fouls are created equal in basketball. Each foul is different and comes with a unique set of consequences for the team that commits it. We've already learned about personal fouls. A personal foul is called on any player who makes illegal physical contact with another player on the court.

In this tutorial, we'll learn what happens when a player commits a personal foul on the player that is shooting. These are called shooting fouls.

Shooting Fouls

When a defensive player makes illegal physical contact with the shooter while he is shooting the ball, it's a shooting foul. Shooting fouls always result in free throws for the other team regardless if the team is in a penalty situation. Shooting fouls count towards a team's foul count and the player's individual foul count. Fouling too many times can result in a player fouling out.

Shooting Fouls Three Free Throws

If a defensive player fouls a shooter from beyond the three-point line, the other team is awarded three free throws, one for each point they could have made if the shot went in the net.

Shooting Fouls Two Free Throws

If a defensive player fouls a shooter from on or inside the three-point line, the other team is awarded two free throws, one for each point they could have made if the shot went in the net.

And One

And one is a slang term in basketball that describes when the shooter makes the shot while they are fouled by a defensive player. It's called an and one because teams get two or three points on the shot in addition to possibly getting more points on the free throws.