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SportsAnkle taping: heel locks
Heel locks hold the heel from the lace area: the lateral one wraps the outer heel, the medial one the inner heel, and both go around the Achilles and back to the laces. In the closed basketweave they follow the first figure 8 and are repeated.
Free to startScenarios
- One lateral and one medial heel lock, then the figure 8 and the lateral heel lock again.
- A second medial heel lock, if it is wanted.
The steps
- Lateral heel lock: from the lace area, go down and toward the inside underneath the foot, angling back and out toward the outer heel.
- Pull the tape snugly around the outer heel, continue back around the Achilles and angle toward the inside back to the lace area.
- Medial heel lock: from the lace area, go down and toward the outside underneath the foot, angling back and in toward the inner heel.
- Pull the tape snugly around the inner heel, continue back around the Achilles and angle toward the outside back to the lace area.
- Repeat the figure 8, then the lateral heel lock.
- Repeat the medial heel lock if a second one is wanted.
Safety rules that stop the station
- Hold the foot at 90 degrees, neutral or slightly turned out, during the whole procedure.
To pass
- Each heel lock snug around its heel and back on the lace area.
- Figure 8 and lateral heel lock repeated.
Official source
Athletic training programs · University of West Alabama
Ankle taping for prevention of the inversion ankle sprain
The University of West Alabama athletic training program publishes the closed basketweave free, strip by strip.
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