Editing Gaelic football (section)

=== Types of fouls ===
There are three main types of fouls in Gaelic football, which can result in the ball being given to the other team, a player being cautioned, a player being removed from the field, or even the game being terminated.

==== Technical fouls ====
The following are considered technical fouls ("fouling the ball"):
* Going five steps without releasing, bouncing, or soloing the ball (soloing involves kicking the ball into one's own hands)<ref>{{Cite web |title=All About Football |url=http://www.gaa.ie/page/all_about_football.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204082354/http://www.gaa.ie/page/all_about_football.html |archive-date=4 February 2009 |access-date=18 September 2009 |df=dmy}}</ref>
* Bouncing the ball twice in a row (It may be soloed continuously)
* Changing hands: Throwing the ball between the hands (legal in the ladies' game)
* Throwing the ball (it may be "hand-passed" by striking with the fist).
* Hand passing a goal. To hand pass a ball with an open palm there must be a clear striking action (the ball may be punched over the bar from up in the air, but not into the goal).
* Picking the ball directly off the ground (it must be scooped up into the hands by the foot). However, in [[Ladies' Gaelic football#Differences from men's football|ladies' Gaelic football]], the ball may be picked up directly.
* The square ball is an often controversial rule: "If at the moment the ball enters the small square, there is already an attacking player inside the small rectangle, then a free out is awarded." As of 2012 square balls are only counted if the player is inside the square when the ball is kicked from a free or set piece. An opposing player is allowed in the square during open play.<ref>{{Cite web |title=GAA Referee Handbook - Square Ball {{!}} GAA DOES |url=https://learning.gaa.ie/Referee/SquareBall |access-date=2021-01-24 |website=learning.gaa.ie}}</ref>

==== Aggressive fouls ====
Aggressive fouls are physical or verbal fouls committed by a player against an opponent or the referee. The player can be cautioned (shown a [[Penalty card#Yellow card|yellow card]]), ordered off the pitch without a substitute ([[Penalty card#Red card|red card]]),<ref name="GAA Rules 2012, p. 74–81, Rule 5">{{Cite web |title=Official Guide – Part 2 |url=http://www.gaa.ie/content/documents/publications/official_guides/Official_Guide_2012_Part2.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502173622/http://gaa.ie/content/documents/publications/official_guides/Official_Guide_2012_Part2.pdf |archive-date=2 May 2013}}GAA Rules 2012, p. 74–81, Rule 5</ref> or (as of January 2020) ejected from the match to the Sin Bin, where they must remain for ten minutes before returning to the field ([[Penalty card#Black card|black card]]).<ref>{{Cite web |title=GAA Official Guide Part 2 |url=https://www.gaa.ie/api/pdfs/image/upload/vybckve2iipp56xmjhqd.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.gaa.ie/api/pdfs/image/upload/vybckve2iipp56xmjhqd.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |access-date=20 November 2020 |website=GAA.ie |publisher=Gaelic Athletic Association}}</ref> Picking up two black cards risks a red card, and the substitute will serve out whatever time imposed by officials.
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==== Dissent ====
A dissent foul is a foul where a player fails to comply with the officials' judgment and/or instructions. The player can be cautioned (shown a yellow card), ordered off the pitch without a substitute (red card), the free kick placement moved {{cvt|13|m|yd}} further down-field, or in certain circumstances, the game can be terminated. The following are considered dissent fouls:
* To challenge the authority of a referee, umpire, linesman, or sideline official.
* To fail to comply with a referee's instruction to use an orifice guard.
* To refuse to leave the field of play, on the instruction of the referee, for attention, after an injury involving bleeding.
* To show dissent with the referee's decision to award a free kick to the opposing team.
* To refuse to leave the field of play when ordered off (red card) or rejoin the game after being ordered off.
* A team or player(s) leaving the field without the referee's permission or refusing to continue playing.<ref name="GAA Rules 2012, p. 82-83, Rule 6">{{Cite web |title=Official Guide – Part 2 |url=http://www.gaa.ie/content/documents/publications/official_guides/Official_Guide_2012_Part2.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502173622/http://gaa.ie/content/documents/publications/official_guides/Official_Guide_2012_Part2.pdf |archive-date=2 May 2013}} GAA Rules 2012, pp. 82–83, Rule 6</ref>