help please

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Originally Posted by pghboy

New Ref here and was wondering if someone can explain to me the difference between a flagrant and intentional T and or foul? Gracias

Newbie, very simply a flagrant technical foul is a contact foul that involves violent or savage contact or an unsportsmanlike non-contact foul that might contain profane or vulgar langauge directed at an opponent or offiical for example. When a flagrant foul is called, a player is disqualified or a coach is DQ'ed and ejected. Also, specific acts are flagrant. Playing after changing numbers without notifying the officials and the scorer, throwing a punch even though it doesn't connect, leaving the bench when there might be a fight, etc.

An intentional technical foul is any contact technical foul during a dead ball. You really don't need to be concerned with the fact that these are considered intentional. It has no bearing on anything.

Concern yourself with intentional personal fouls. Those are fouls that take away an obvious advantage or are designed to kill the clock without making a play on the ball. Also, if contact is excessive even when playing the ball, it can be an intentional foul. But not to the point you judge that the player should be tossed. That would make it flagrant.

Just understand these simple facts:

Contact fouls during a dead ball are always technical.
Contact fouls during a live ball are always personal.
Flagrant fouls whether personal or technical always result in the individual being DQ'ed.

Ignore the NBA definition of flagrant fouls. It has nothing to do with HS rules.