Flop (basketball)
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flop-basketball-185-17688204
title:
Flop (basketball)
text:
In basketball, a flop is an intentional fall or stagger by a player, after little or no physical contact by an opponent, to induce an official to call a personal foul on the opponent. The move is sometimes called acting, as in "acting as if he were fouled". Because it is inherently designed to deceive the official, flopping is considered unsportsmanlike, but it is widely practiced. The player who commits the act is called a flopper. Flopping effectively is not easy to do, primarily because drawi
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encyclopedia
description:
Feigning being fouled in basketball
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flop_(basketball)
date created:
2005-04-13T01:27:22Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T22:33:56Z
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