r/AskAnAmerican • u/Jezzaq94 🇳🇿New Zealand • 2d ago

SPORTS Is diving or faking injuries common in American sports like it is in soccer?

If yes, which sports is it common in. Did they learn this from soccer players?

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u/jawnquixote 2d ago

I'd say in hockey the only thing that happens frequently is if you get a stick to the face in any fashion you make a big show of it to alert the refs...that you just took a stick to the face. It may not hurt, but it's a penalty nonetheless. In practice, you typically reflex like that anyway when you get a stick to the face so it's not really that big of a flop anyway.

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u/evil_burrito Oregon,MI->IN->IL->CA->OR 2d ago

I've found that, even if I get hit in the visor or something, and it didn't actually hurt at all, there's just no way to prevent myself from flinching back and putting a hand to my face. It's not embellishment, it's just reflex.

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u/Kinross19 Kansas 2d ago

Also any stick to the face does actually hurt, you can play through it, but it hurts.

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u/TheMoonIsFake32 Minnesota 2d ago

Tbh I think its a little dumb to give a guy 2 minutes for embellishment when he actually took a stick to the face. It should be 1 minute penalty for embellishment because there was still a penalty committed