- A foul is when the opposite teams accidently hits you, trips you, kicks you, etc but a violation is when say your shooting a free throw and you step over the free throw line when your shooting or someone else enters the key to early or your taking the ball out of bounds and they reach across the boundry line!!
A foul is a term used to describe an infraction punishable by a direct free kick. There are 10 such infractions.
A foul can happen without misconduct. "Player X pushed player Y. Direct free kick."
A foul can also be misconduct. "Player X performed a reckless slide tackle. Caution + direct free kick."
There can be misconduct without a foul. "Player X persistently dissented the referee's decisions. Caution awarded the next time the ball is out of play."
Generally, the answer is no.
For instance, a lane violation is not a foul. When a player is shooting a free throw, the other players underneath the basket are not allowed to enter the key until that player releases (shoots) the ball. If they enter the key before the player shoots the ball, that is a lane violation, and the player will shoot another free throw (unless he made the shot).
Thus, a violation is not always a foul.
a foul!
violation
Traveling Walking Backcourt Violation Over-The-Back foul Shooting Foul Offensive Foul Reaching in foul On the pass foul Blocking Foul Charging Three seconds in the key Eight Seconds Backcourt Five seconds Inbounding Out Of Bounds Shot Clock Violation Flagrant Foul Technical Foul Lane Violation 10 seconds Free Throw Violation Carrying I think that's it. -David
Professional foul
there are the back court violation, shooting foul, blocking foul, charging foul, over the back foul, flagrant 1 and 2 fouls, out of bounds, 5 seconds back to the basket while dribbling, 3 seconds in the key offense, 3 seconds in the key without being an arms length from an offensive player when you're on defense, traveling, double dribble, clear path foul, goal tending, reaching foul, in college 35 second violation and in NBA 24 second violation, and technical foul.
Foul and violation.
a foul
foul
1.back court violation 2.carry 3.foul (shoot free throw) 4.technical foul 5.traveling 6.loose ball foul 7.goaltending 8.out of bounds 9.offensive goal tending 10.kick ball violation and many more.
if a member of either team steps into the paint during a foul shot, it is considered a lane violation
A shooting foul when the player is shooting a 3.
yes it is an automatic violation