page_title: Diving (association football)
section_title: Detection
hierarchical_section_title: Diving (association football) / Detection
caption_attribution_description: فارسی: صحنه‌ای از دیدار تیم های فوتبال پرسپولیس و نفت تهران
context_page_description: In association football, diving is an attempt by a player to gain an unfair advantage by falling to the ground and possibly feigning an injury, to give the impression that a foul has been committed. Dives are often used to exaggerate the amount of contact present in a challenge. Deciding on whether a player has dived is often very subjective, and one of the most controversial aspects of football discussion. Players do this so they can receive free kicks or penalty kicks, which can provide scoring opportunities, or so the opposing player receives a yellow or red card, giving their own team an advantage. Diving is also known as simulation, Schwalbe, and, in the U.S., flopping.
context_section_description: A 2009 study found that there are recognisable traits that can often be observed when a player is diving. They are:
  a separation in time between the impact and the simulation,
  a lack of ballistic continuity (the player moves farther than would be expected from the momentum of the tackle) and
  lack of contact consistency (the player nurses a body part other than where the impact occurred, such as contact to the chest causing the player to fly to the ground, holding their face).
  the "Archer's bow" pose, where the head is tilted back, chest thrust forward, arms raised and both legs bent at the knee to lift both feet off the ground to the rear, is recognised as a characteristic sign of simulation, as the action is counter to normal reflex mechanisms to protect the body in a fall.
caption: A possible dive in a Persepolis-Naft Masjed-Soleyman match.
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