pump fake
Pretend to shoot
A pump fake is a deceptive motion in sports—especially basketball and football—where a player mimics the beginning of a shot or throw without releasing the ball, hoping to draw defenders out of position.
He got the defender in the air with a pump fake, then drove to the basket.
The term extends to any feint or bluff designed to misdirect: The announcement was just a pump fake to gauge public reaction.
- dekeSports misdirection move
- trick playUnorthodox athletic deception
- ruseDeliberate act of deception
- feintDeceptive mock attack
- basketballTeam sport with hoops
bluff · dummy · baiting · deception · misdirection · counterplay · simulation · up-and-under · jab step · triple threat · timing · rhythm · hesitation · change of pace · pivot · spacing · decision making · manipulation
- basketballbasketball, rebound, dunk, basketball camps, dribble
- sports movesdunk, layup, dink, spike, serve
- ball skillsdribbling, crossover, ball control, stepover, throwing
- baseball defenseshortstop, second baseman, first baseman, third baseman, catcher
- feintsfeint, juke, deke, body feint, stutter step
- baseball tacticshit and run, double steal, pickoff, steal, sacrifice bunt