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I had a flopper last week in a boys JV game. First time he did it, I ignored and he didn't get a call. Sometimes they will figure out it doesn't work. This kid did it again shortly after. I was near his bench and his coach was sayinjg to me, "Where's the foul, my kid is getting run over in there?" I told him his kid is flopping. He say No he isn't. I said, Yes he is and he better knock it off. That was the end of the flopping episodes.
Although flopping is a T, I like to ignore first (kid sees he won't fake me out), then warn that it is unacceptable.
A T would be next if he (or a teammate) kept it up, but I haven't had to T a player for this yet. I suppose if the coach is telling him to do it, you can say to the coach, "Well, do YOU want to tell him it's a Technical, or do you want ME to tell him?" Of course, how you handle this and other things will depend on the game itself, how the players and coaches have behaved, etc...
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