Pantherdreams wroteFor it to fall into the flop category no contact would have to result in a reaction that was clearly meant to indicate there was contact
Raymond wroteI consider players who throw themselves to the ground after a jump shot or who snap their heads back as if they got hit to be flopping.
VaTerp wrotedefenders who try to get PC fouls by feigning non existent contact or embellishing legal contact.
HokiePaul wrote"I know it when I see it" approach works just fine for flopping
Pantherdreams wroteI know it when i see it ... knowing it when I see it.
Camron Rust wrotethe defender goes down much harder than the contact would have caused...that is a flop.
For all Forum posters who have described flopping in their own manner (some are pretty good descriptions).
When your see flopping (according to you own description) do you penalize with a technical foul?
Be honest.
Thirty-seven years of officiating, and a lot of basketball as a player, and a coach, and I have never, ever, seen, nor have I ever charged, a technical foul for "faking being fouled".
I've seen potential flopping situations adjudicated, possibly incorrectly, as blocking fouls, as no calls, and occasionally (actually rarely) observed an official warn, but have never seen a technical foul charged.
