The "FLOP"

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Pantherdreams

For 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

Originally Posted by Raymond

I 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.

Originally Posted by VaTerp

defenders who try to get PC fouls by feigning non existent contact or embellishing legal contact.

Originally Posted by HokiePaul

"I know it when I see it" approach works just fine for flopping

Originally Posted by Pantherdreams

I know it when i see it ... knowing it when I see it.

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

the 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.