Clarification on Fouls/False Multiple & False Double

[JRutledge]

I have an easy way for you to understand. The "False fouls" are usually fouls you never just "call" on their own. These foul classifications are things that just happen. I would first of all take any multiple foul out of the equation. Call the first or significant foul and leave this alone. No one calls these because it is hard to explain and causes you to give two different players a foul on a situation where one action took place. You want to cause some controversy, call a multiple foul. Otherwise just call what is obvious.

False Double foul is not something you call it happens mostly. They are basically two separate incidents where each foul has their own penalty. An example is you have a shooting a foul and after the foul has been called the player fouled reacts and pushes the defender and is given a T. That is a False Double Foul, but you do not actually call it that way, that is the result of all those actions. You penalize both actions in the order they occur and they each foul has their own penalty. I am not even sure when those happen I even have said, "This is a False Double Foul."

I would not worry about these definitions much as the more you work games the more insignificant they really are other than to explain by rule what happen. Otherwise these are not situations are usually made more complicated than they really are.

Peace