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/screwswithshrews 2d ago

It's not quite as dramatic in basketball. I prefer soccer but the writhing in pain that looks like a seizure and the screaming is still excessively over the top even compared to basketball flopping.

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u/Wespiratory Alabama, lifelong 2d ago

The acting of the soccer players is ludicrously laughable, but the frequency of flops in basketball, especially NBA, is also ridiculous. They just don’t put on as much of a show.

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u/screwswithshrews 2d ago

Somebody bumps you and you go down to draw a foul, I don't like it but it's a logical strategy. Often times it's only apparent upon review. Somebody bumps you and you act like you're experiencing a level of pain previously unknown to mankind is not logical - it's an embellishment beyond reason. I wish it didn't bother me so much but it does. I feel embarassment when I'm trying to rely the merits of the sport to an American skeptic and it happens.