Friday, January 2, 2015

Flops and bumps

To me it seems logical that a player does not want to do anything that would make him less able to play basketball the right way. Enter flops and bumping other players to get fouls.

If you flop and the ref does not call a foul, then you are on the floor - not able to defend or do anything more than crawl. A good ref will call the foul if it was a foul. You are only taking yourself out of play when you flop.

Same with jumping into other players to get fouls. That particular movement is going to take a player out of the normal posture and rhythm for the best shot, so why do it? It is better to shoot right and probably make the shot than to change your shot trying to get a "maybe." At least it seems that way to me. Do what you are supposed to be doing and the rest will take care of itself.

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