In basketball, whats the difference for personal and technical fouls?

Question

on basketball fouls, what do personal and technical mean?

Answer 1

Personal fouls are fouls like reaching in, hitting the ball dribbler contact with a player on there team while a tech is more like shouting at ref, swearing at ref, starting fights trash talking stuff like that.  

Answer 2

personal fouls - illegal personal contacts with an opponent

technical fouls - unsportsmanlike non-contact behavior, a more serious infraction than a personal foul.

Answer 3

personal is the regular things you see more

(pushing, reach-in, an accidental body check, etc.)

technical fouls are a little more (sheed wallace lol :] )

they are yelling at the ref, starting a fight, whatever the ref thinks appropriate to call it on.

Answer 4

A personal foul is contact between players that may result in injury or provide one team with an unfair advantage; players may not push, hold, trip, hack, elbow, restrain or charge into an opponent; these are also counted as team fouls.

A technical foul is a procedural violation and misconduct that officials believe are detrimental to the game; penalized by a single free-throw opportunity to the non-offending team (2 free-throws and possession in college).  

Answer 5

Personal fouls means a foul that is physically commited by a player (reach in, holding , pushing ect).A technical foul occurs for unsportmanship, violence, or other more serious things. Players want to avoid technical fouls, as too many will result in an ejection.