An out of state team started a drill where the Dribbler would come up close to the Defender and the Defender would flail his arms and plop onto his backside. "GREAT JOB! THAT'S GOOD!" The coach was hollering as he encouraged his players.
Eventually he walked down by where I was sitting and nodded a hello. "Ready for a good game?" He asked me.
"Every game is a good game for me to work!" I enthusiastically replied and then asked, "What is the purpose of this drill?"
"We're practicing drawing charging fouls," was the reply.
"PSUK Basketball - Bristol 2013-21" by Andrew Spillane via Flickr
"Looks the guys are practicing Flopping to me," was my comment to which he said, "Yes, you could say it looks like that."
I pointed out Flopping was an intentional act to fake being fouled and classified as a Technical Foul and having just seen and hear him say that was what they were practicing, I said, "So anytime I see one of your players hit the floor I gonna ignore it at first, start calling Blocking Fouls on them the next time and then just 'T' up anyone who keeps flopping."
Did not have a single one of those players even come close to a Flop the whole game.....Imagine that!!
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