Flopsey, Mopsey and Cottontail

[zebraman]

Originally posted by Back In The Saddle
Was just reading the thread about the no-call on the flop at the end of the game and it got me thinking. How do you judge a flop? Some are really obvious because there is no contact. But others are harder to judge. One rule of thumb I've heard is that if the players head moves backward first, it's a flop. If there's contact, the torso will move backward first. Any other criteria that you use to judge a flop?

I've never got that scientific about it. If you are watching the defense, you can tell if the defender got displaced or if the defender caused all the movement by being an actor.

Z