Personal foul
Personal foul a foul recorded against an individual player for physical contact that results in an unfair advantage, see foul out (basketball) (chambers. Sports factf.,2005, 109P.) Personal foul a foul that involves physical contact between opposing players. Among the most common personal fouls are blocking, charging, elbowing, hacking and holding. A player is disqualified from the game after committing six fouls in the national basketball association, five fouls at other levels of play. See also flagrant foul, intentional foul, offensive foul, technical foul, violation (basketball) personal foul a foul that might cause injury, punishable by a 15-yard penalty (football) personal foul an exclusion foul or penalty foul. If a player commits three personal fouls, he or she is permanently excluded from the game (water polo) personal foul contact between players that may result in injury or provide one team with an unfair advantage, players may not push, hold, trip, hack, elbow, restrain or charge into an opponent, these are also counted as team fouls (basketball) personal foul player foul which involves illegal contact with an opposing player, whether the ball is live or dead (basketball)
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