How do team fouls and the bonus work?
Rule- USA
- NFHS
- Middle school
- Grades 6-8 (ages 11-14)
- NFHS rules
- 2026-27 season
- Coaches
- There is no one-and-one under NFHS rules.
- Starting with your opponent's fifth team foul in a quarter, your team shoots two free throws on every common foul, except player-control and team-control fouls.
- Team fouls reset after the first, second and third quarters. Fourth-quarter fouls carry into overtime.
- Personal, technical and intentional fouls all count as team fouls.
Practical tip: from the fourth foul in a quarter, your next common foul sends the other team to the line for two, so manage aggressive defense late in each quarter.
Added 21 Oct 2026