T for flopping

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Firstly, what I am about to say relates to my own experience, if in your area they want you to either call it or let it go, do what those who give you the games want.


I have never had to give out a technical for this. If the I saw absolutely no contact, and the kid takes a dive, usually I'll let it go. I'm not stopping the play, and putting the offensive team at a disadvantage because of this. If the kid complains asking me where the call was (with some form of an attitude) we have a T (not for the dive, but the comments after it). If he doesn't or does so in a nice manner, at the next dead ball, I will explain to him, that by rule he can't take a dive, and that if he tries it again, I will T him up for it.

After a warning, I tend not to see it anymore.

Again, that is just my way of doing things, I know by rule that I am not handling the situation correctly, but I believe that from a game management perspective, this is a better way of dealing with it. Because if I T the kid up, one on the coach will probably follow etc...