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Old Fri Jul 27, 2007, 02:35pm
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Originally Posted by CoachP
Both players ending up on the floor in a heap (in all likelyhood) means the contact was gonna be severe enough to knock A1 out of any LGP advantage he had anyways(And no, I'm not advocating severity=foul), but have to see it to decide PC or no-call though.

To me a flop is best described as more of "A1 anticipates incidental contact from B" and then falls to the floor all alone at the contact.....

Saw a T for that last year....
That's actually irrelevant coach. You adjudicate the legality of a player's LGP at the point of contact, not where they end up after the contact.

A flop is defined as faking a foul. It's penalized as such under NFHS rule 10-3-7(f)--"faking being fouled".If the contact was sufficient at the point of contact to actually have a foul, you then make up your mind whether that foul is on the offensive or defensive player.

Flop---->little of no contact, faking a foul,technical foul or no call/possible warning.
Block/charge-----> sufficient illegal contact to have a personal foul, either a block or charge.

That's the usual way that it's been taught(at least in my experience).

Last edited by Jurassic Referee; Fri Jul 27, 2007 at 02:38pm.
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