Violation ( basketball ) - Wikipedia Violation ( basketball ) The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia 's notability guideline for sports and athletics. Please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention. If notability can not be established, the article is likely to be merged, redirected, or deleted. Find sources : `` Violation '' basketball -- news newspapers books scholar JSTOR ( January 2018 ) This article does not cite any sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( January 2018 ) In basketball, a violation is the most minor class of illegal action. Most violations are committed by the team with possession of the ball, when a player mishandles the ball or makes an illegal move. The typical penalty for a violation is loss of the ball to the other team. This is one type of turnover. Wikipedia has the following articles on violations : Ball - handling violations : Backcourt violation ( Over and back ) Carrying Double - dribble Traveling Excessive time taken : Defensive three - second violation ( Illegal defense ) ( penalized as a technical foul ) Five - second rule Shot clock violation, and the related time limit to reach the frontcourt ( 8 - or 10 - second violation ) Three seconds rule ( Lane violation ) Other violations : Basket interference Goaltending Stepping out of bounds and throwing the ball out of bounds may also be considered violations that result in loss of the ball. Acts involving contact between opponents or unsportsmanlike conduct are called fouls, usually a personal foul. Basketball ( outline ) General topics History of basketball James Naismith Variations of basketball Leagues Statistics Glossary of terms Index of articles Rules Bonus Jump ball Officials Turnover Violation 3 seconds Offense Defense 5 seconds Basket interference Carrying Double dribble Goaltending Shot clock Traveling Foul Flagrant Personal Technical Game play Air ball Alley - oop Assist Backboard shattering Ball hog Block Buzzer beater Cherry picking Dribble Crossover Dunk Euro step Fadeaway Fast break Fly Flop Jump shot Layup Finger roll Field goal Four - point play Free throw Hook shot Moves Pick and roll Positions Posterized Playbook Rebound Point Screen Back screen Slashing Steal Three - pointer Three - point play Uncontested shot Strategy General Sixth man Offense Continuity offense Flex Shuffle UCLA High Post Wheel Dribble drive motion Four corners Motion Princeton Run and gun Grinnell System Nellie Ball Small ball Triangle Defense 1 - 2 - 1 - 1 1 -- 3 -- 1 2 -- 3 zone Amoeba Box - and - one Double team Full - court press Hack - a-Shaq Jordan Rules Line Man - to - man Match - up zone Triangle - and - two Zone Equipment Backboard Ball Breakaway rim Court Half court Key Net Possession arrow Whistle Clothing Basketball sleeve Finger sleeve Air Jordan Chuck Taylor All - Stars Miscellaneous 100 - point scorers 50 -- 40 -- 90 club AAU All - Americans AAU champions Mikan Drill Player tracking Shootaround Tip drill Winning streaks This basketball - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Violation_(basketball)&oldid=820957708 '' Categories : Basketball terminology Basketball stubs Hidden categories : Articles with topics of unclear notability from January 2018 All articles with topics of unclear notability Articles lacking sources from January 2018 All articles lacking sources All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 17 January 2018, at 16 : 19. About Wikipedia

Question: when does an offsides violation occur in basketball
Answer: when a player mishandles the ball or makes an illegal move