Diving. The aberration that scars today’s game. We’ve all seen it in the professional game, along with experiencing it on our own respective levels of competition. SoccerPro.com has started a movement, and Soccer Reviews has jumped on board in support of it, to stop the ‘art’ of flopping and eliminate it from the Beautiful Game.
The Play On Challenge pushes each player to make the most of their time on the field. Players will see professionals go for the ‘flop’ when they are bumped just to get a foul called. SoccerPro.com and now Soccer Reviews want to prove to you that the clear advantage for every player is to keep playing and keep possession while others may have stopped playing.
Good idea, but I’m certain that it won’t reach out to the Pro’s, unfortunately.
But you have to start from the bottom, so by learning the young footballers not to dive, they might not do it when they’re older. The problem is just that they see their idols dive, so they want to be just like them and do just like them.
Great idea
Haha hilarious!! cool concept, although i am an attacking mid and i drive in to the defense to get fouls, but not like “you know who”. (this tactic is very affective). Anyhoo i think this program should be directed to not diving in a cheating manner. This means not to fall to the ground without a valid reason… Because sometimes its a better option not to take the advantage… It could be better to take a free kick, either to take a direct one on goal because you think it creates a better opportunity to score, or to take a defensive one to slow down the pace of the game…
I think that this movement hits the nail on the head for all players. Targeting defensive players with the intentions of drawing a foul is a gateway to diving. Defenders at higher levels will adapt to said style of play in such a manner that the only way to get the call is to exaggerate any contact, however minute. Going to ground should be reserved for those instances which keeping your feet contradicts all laws of physics and gravity, rather than when you feel a free kick would be preferable; all diving, by definition, is cheating and should be avoided whenever possible. If the advantage lies in a free kick rather than continued play then the referee should make the appropriate call, if he does not, than the problem is with referee’s not understanding the advantage rule.