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A crossover dribble is a basketball maneuver in which a player dribbling the ball switches the ball rapidly from one hand to the other, to make a change in direction. [1] In a typical example the player heads up-court, dribbling the ball in (say) the left hand, then makes a wide step left with a head fake.
In a crossover, the ball handler changes the ball from one hand to the other using a single dribble. The crossover is a common dribbling move and is used when changing direction. [1] A crossover functions best when the ball handler looks and acts like they are headed in one direction, before crossing over to the other direction. [2]
Despite a brief NBA career, he is well-remembered as the progenitor and namesake of a widely used crossover dribble, the "Shammgod", [4] although the move, known in Europe as "The Whip", was already used earlier by former Yugoslavian players Dragan Kićanović and Danko Cvjeticanin and later popularized by Dejan Bodiroga. [5]
The 5-11 Hawkins used a crossover dribble to gain separation and nailed a step-back three-pointer, falling to the floor. Just like that, the score was tied 27-27 to end the half.
He did it again Friday after a crossover 3. ... He was skipping again Friday when he got Detroit Pistons rookie Ausar Thompson to fall over on a crossover dribble, then hit a 3-pointer in the face ...
The hottest basketball move in the world this summer wasn’t a crossover dribble, or a stepback jumper, or some sort of no-look pass. It was the summer of “night night,” Curry's signature ...
Crossover dribble – In a crossover dribble, the ballhandler changes pace to confuse or freeze a defender. It is also used to put the defender off balance to make it easier for the player handling the ball to dribble past the defender. The move is often performed by street players.
As Akeem was finishing that thought, Alexander was blowing past Brumbaugh at the other end with a crossover dribble that had the crowd still exhaling gleefully — whooooo! — as he was finishing ...