Are low tops bad for basketball?

Answer 1

They wear a top with some shorts.

They wear a top with athletic shorts. Some wear a headband on top. They also should wear compression shorts only on the bottom, which are very comfortable.

Answer 2

Here's an excerpt that answers the question from:

The Top 5 Mistakes Made By Basketball Players

By Alex Maroko

Between high-top basketball shoes, ankle braces and no ankle mobility work, basketball players have some of the stiffest and most susceptible-to-injury ankles that you can find. The problem lies mainly within the three things I mentioned above: footwear, ankle braces and a lack of mobility.

With those three culprits working together, its no wonder every basketball player has ankle issues. What can you do to help prevent ankle issues? First, get a pair of lower top basketball shoes. They'll feel strange at first, but that's mainly because your ankle actually has to do some work now, whereas before it was doing almost nothing, while the shoe took care of everything. As with anything new, work your way into them slowly.

Second, unless you are just coming back from an ankle injury, it might be a good idea to toss the ankle brace, for the same reasons as tossing the high-top shoes. Again, work into it slowly, as you gradually become more comfortable with it.

Then, start working on your ankle mobility. Describing everything to do there would take a couple pages, but doing things involving moving your ankle through all ranges of motion would be a great place to start.

Finally, do some dynamic, strengthening movements to improve on your balance, proprioception and quickness simultaneously. I like 2- and 1-footed speed line jumps for sets of 20-30 and pogo jumps for sets of 10.

Answer 3

Yeah they don't offer a lot of protection for the ankle so there's a higher risk of breaking your ankles. Also hightops make you faster and jump higher