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Basketball Referee Signals: What They All Mean (With Images)

Basketball referee signals help to tell the crowd, scorer’s table, coaches, and players what is happening on the floor.

But watching the game could get confusing if you don’t know what the referee signals mean.

In this post, we take a look at all of the different signals referees make throughout a basketball game and explain what they mean.

During a basketball game, occasionally a player will commit a foul on an opponent while the neither team has claimed possession of the ball.

There is a specific name for that type of foul – a loose ball foul.

In this post, we will explain what a loose ball foul is, I’ll share some examples, and then we’ll discuss how to avoid committing one.