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Ankle Breaker
How to understand the basketball expression “Ankle Breaker”?
What is the definition of “Ankle Breaker” in basketball?
What does “Ankle Breaker” stand for?
Ankle Breaker refers to when an offensive basketball player performs a dribbling move with the ball, usually a crossover that causes the defender to either lose balance or fall to the court.
The ability to break ankles on the court is no easy task. A player must have excellent dribbling skills and quickness, mainly a strong and deceptive crossover. If a player develops a reputation of crossing over their opponents, then defenders tend to give them more room dribble the ball so that they don’t get crossed-up. This will sometimes open up the jump shot for the ball-handler.
However, if a ball-handler is going against someone who is a subpar defender that has poor footwork, then breaking ankles is as easy as giving a simple fake and dribbling right past the defender.
Examples of how Breaking Ankles is used in commentary: Paul sprints up court with the ball and pulls a hesitation move on the defender that breaks his ankles and allows him to go in for the uncontested layup.