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REFEREE SIGNALS IN BASKETBALL

Author: Christian Theis

Translation: Sebastian Stein, Philipp Hählke

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Overview

• Introduction

• Referee signals in basketball

o Clock-related hand signals

o Scoring

o Substitution and timeouts

o General information

o Violations

o Shirt numbers

o Types of foul

o Execution of penalties

• Teaching aids

o Referee signals in basketball (1-8)

• List of references



Introduction

The world basketball association FIBA prescribes certain hand gestures to signal

administrative, organisational and communicative duties, as well as play restarts. Be-

side the referees, the judges in particular must be familiar with the official hand sig-

nals to be able to note down penalties and the scoring correctly. As a spectator it is

also helpful to have a certain amount of knowledge of the signals in order to properly

understand what happens on the court. This article illustrates the different hand sig-

nals and their respective meaning.

Referee signals in basketball

Clock-related hand signals

STOP CLOCK STOP CLOCK BECAUSE OF A FOUL START CLOCK

Open palm Clenched fist Chop with the hand

Scoring

1 POINT 2 POINTS 3 POINTS

1 finger, 2 fingers, 3 fingers extended 'flag' from wrist 'flag' from wrist



Substitution and timeouts

SUBSTITUTION BECKON SUBSTITUTE TIMEOUT Cross forearms Open palm, wave towards Form a 'T', the body index finger showing

General information

CANCEL SCORE COMMUNICATION Scissor-like action with the arms Thump up SHOT CLOCK OUT-OF-BOUNDS AND/ OR JUMP BALL RESET DIRECTION OF PLAY SITUATION Rotation of the hand Point finger parallel Thumps up followed by point with stretched to sidelines finger in direction of index finger alternating possession arrow



Violations

TRAVELING DOUBLE DRIBBLING CARRYING Rotate fists Patting motion Half rotation, forward direction 3 SECOND VIOLATION 5 SECOND VIOLATION 8 SECOND VIOLATION Arm extended, Show five fingers Show eight fingers show three fingers BALL RETURNED 24 SECOND VIOLATION TO BACKCOURT KICKING VIOLATION Fingers touch shoulder Wave arm, Point finger to the foot index finger pointing



Shirt numbers

Nr. 0 Nr. 00 Nr. 4 Nr. 7 Nr. 11 Nr. 15 Nr. 24 Nr. 78

Please note: If you have to signal shirt numbers from 16-99, first use the back of the hand to indicate the number of the tens digit and then indicate with the palm of the hand the number of the ones digit.



Types of foul

HOLDING BLOCKING PUSHING Grasp wrist downward Both hands on hips Imitate push ILLEGAL ILLEGAL HANDCHECKING USE OF HANDS CONTACT OF HANDS Move hand forward Strike wrist Palm strikes forearm and grasp wrist with the other hand TEAM-CONTROL/ CHARGING WITH BALL HIT TO THE HEAD PLAYER-CONTROLE FOUL Clenched fist, Imitate head contact Point clenched fist towards strike open palm basket of offending team



TECHNICAL FOUL UNSPORTSMANLIKE DISQUALIFYING Form a 'T', Grasp wrist upwards Clenched fists on palm showing both hands

Execution of penalties

AFTER FOUL AFTER FOUL WITHOUT FREE THROWS BY TEAM IN CONTROL OF THE BALL Point finger, Clenched fist, arm parallel to sidelines arm parallel to sidelines 1 FREE THROW 2 FREE THROWS 3 FREE THROWS Hold up one finger Open palms Hold up three fingers on both hands



Referee signals in basketball 1 CLOCK-RELATED HAND SIGNALS STOP CLOCK

STOP CLOCK BECAUSE OF A FOUL

START CLOCK



Referee signals in basketball 2 SCORING 1 POINT 2 POINTS

3 POINTS



Referee signals in basketball 3 SUBSTITUTION AND TIMEOUTS

SUBSTITUTION BECKON SUBSTITUTE

TIMEOUT



Referee signals in basketball 4 GENERAL INFORMATION

CANCEL SCORE COMMUNICATION

SHOT CLOCK OUT-OF-BOUNDS AND/ OR

RESET DIRECTION OF PLAY

JUMP BALL

SITUATION



Referee signals in basketball 5 VIOLATIONS TRAVELING DOUBLE DRIBBLING CARRYING

3 SECOND VIOLATION 5 SECOND VIOLATION 8 SECOND VIOLATION

24 SECOND VIOLATION BALL RETURNED TO BACKCOURT KICKING VIOLATION



Referee signals in basketball 6 SHIRT NUMBERS Nr. 0 Nr. 00 Nr. 4

Nr. 7 Nr. 11 Nr. 15

Nr. 24 Nr. 78



Referee signals in basketball 7 TYPE OF FOUL

HOLDING BLOCKING PUSHING HANDCHECKING

ILLEGAL ILLEGAL CHARGING USE OF HANDS CONTACT OF HANDS HIT TO THE HEAD WITH BALL

TEAM-CONTROL/ PLAYER-CONTROL TECHNICAL FOUL UNSPORTSMANLIKE DISQUALIFYING



Referee signals in basketball 8 EXECUTION OF PENALTIES

AFTER FOUL AFTER FOUL

WITHOUT FREE THROWS BY TEAM IN CONTROL OF THE BALL

1 FREE THROW 2 FREE THROWS 3 FREE THROWS



List of references

Literature

Illustrations / images

Creators of the article

Author Name of Literature Place of Publication Date of Publication Publisher

Deutscher Basketball Bund

Kampfrichter-Handbuch

Hagen 2015 Cewe

Number Creator

All pictures Christian Theis

Author Consultant Institution

Christian Theis/ Student of Education Translation: Sebastian Stein, Philipp Hählke/ Student of Education

Minnich, Marlis Department of Sport Sciences, University of Koblenz- Landau, Campus Koblenz

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