The Art of Flopping

I'm not much of a flopper. I just love the physicality and the contact the game Basketball has to offer. Absorbing or initiating contact has that indescribable feeling of satisfaction; joy that a basket cannot bring. You feel the sense of dominance and power when you are able to inflict pain to your opponent. Unless of course your the one who got hurt.  

To those who don't know what flopping is, flopping is the art of acting in the hopes of selling a call towards the referees. You make something small a bit more obvious. Example, when someone nudges you on your way to the basket, you try to make it appear more obvious by going out of control and landing hard to the ground. By doing so, your making sure that the referee has no choice to call the foul unless of course he wants to be shouted and cursed upon by displeased onlookers. 

Flopping literally is something that gets on people's nerves. If you softly bump a player and he goes out of control and the referee calls a foul, you'd be going out of control. You'd be complaining and in a state of disbelief on how a simple nudge can make a player tumble around the court. 

Some of the more famous actors in the industry would be Manu Ginobili, Derek Fisher, among many others. There are many notable floppers  acting their way to winning the Oscar for Best Actor aside from extra opportunities at the foul line or getting the calls they want. Players lierally roll on the floor, twist, tumble, and turn. I even had a teammate who once punched himself just to get a call. Guess what, IT WORKED! As surprised as we may seem, flopping does work. It gets the attention of the referees and puts them in no other position but to blow their whistles. I guess we all have to go to acting school and work out on our basic theatrical skills. 

The Art of Flopping has a sense of timing into it. You must accurately and precisely time when your going to fall or cover your face to get the referee's attention. You can't just flop for the sake of flopping. Seriously, you'd look like a retard. 

I guess the video speaks for itself. UGLY FLOP. Gotta have that Dual Core of his upgraded. Note, it's QUAD CORE NOW.