Violations

Question 1

name all of the violations

Answer 1

walking/traveling
carrying/palming
double dribble
held ball
backcourt violation
time restrictions

Question 2

what is walking/traveling?

Answer 2

taking more than a step and a half without dribbling the ball is traveling. moving your pivot foot once you’ve stopped dribbling is traveling

Question 3

what is carrying/palming?

Answer 3

when a player dribbles the ball with his hand too far to the side of or, sometimes, even under the ball

Question 4

what is double dribble?

Answer 4

dribbling the ball with both hands on the ball with both hands on the ball at the same time or picking up the dribble and then dribbling again

Question 5

what is held ball?

Answer 5

occasionally, two or more opposing players will gain possession of the ball at the same time. in order to avoid a prolonged and/or violent tussle, the referee stops the action and awards the ball to one team or the other on a rotating basis

Question 6

what is backcourt violation?

Answer 6

once the offense has brought the ball across the mid-court line, they cannot go back across the line during possession. if they do, the ball is awarded to the other team to pass inbounds

Question 7

what is time restrictions?

Answer 7

a player passing the ball inbounds has five seconds to pass the ball. if he does not, the ball is awarded to the other team.
a player cannot have the ball for more than five seconds when being closely guarded
in some states and levels, shot-clock restrictions requiring a team to attempt a shot within a given time frame