LEARN HOW TO TAPE AN ANKLE for sport, support and to prevent injury in 90seconds! Follow this step by step guide for inversion sprains, using coloured tapes to make it easy to follow.
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This taping technique provides your basic support against inversion sprains, and can be used in Football, soccer, basketball, netball and any other sport.
Strapping an ankle is easy if you follow the steps outlined here. Learn how to apply:
Anchors
Stirrups
Figure 6's
Half Figure 8's
and Heel Locks.

You'll see in real time how an ankle is strapped in 90seconds, creating a secure, yet functional support for the athlete.

So let's get started on our taping tutorial.

Before we start, make sure that the ankle is in the right position at 90degrees. This will ensure that the taping doesn't get too tight when the athlete moves off the bed. We are going to start with two anchors, and position these anchors high enough above the ankle, so that they don't move when the ankle moves. Angle the tape slightly around the leg so that it sits nice and flush with no creases.
We're now going to do a black stirrup, which runs from the inside of the anchor, underneath the foot and attaches to the anchor on the outside of the ankle. You can apply some tension to this tape once you get to the outside of the foot to increase the support on the lateral side. For our second stirrup, we're going to move slightly forward of the first anchor (stirrup) to overlap the tape by a half, again run underneath the foot, apply some tension, and stick to the outside anchor. Use your hands to smooth the tape down and get a good stick to the skin.
Our next step is to do a figure 6, shown here in red. Again, overlap the tape by half, moving forward, we are going to go under the foot, but this time, we'll go across the front of the foot and attaching back to the inside of the ankle. It's important to just lay your figure 6 on to the skin, don't apply tension or your athlete will complain that the taping is too tight.
We'll follow this up with a yellow half 8. This starts on the outside of the ankle, goes across the forefoot, under the foot, back across the foot to finish up close to where the figure 6 ended. We could finish our taping here, but the addition of two heel locks will really make the taping much more supportive for the athlete. With a heel lock, I like to start just above the ankle and cross over the achilles tendon, around the heel bone and then finishing up on the lateral part of the ankle. Repeating this heel lock coming from the other side will help to reinforce your taping and stabilising the back of the ankle really well. Once the heel locks are done, it's simply a case of closing off your ankle tap. Try to make sure that any areas of exposed skin are covered with tape to prevent taping cuts. Here we have used 3 more anchors working back up to make sure that all of the ends of the tape are secure. To finish the taping, use your hands to make sure that the tape is well and truly stuck. A good ankle taping should be neat, with very few creases or folds in the tape.
So there you have an easy step by step approach to taping an ankle. Now you may need to go back and watch the video a few times, particularly for things like the heel locks, to make sure that you get the lines right. A bit of advice, where most people go wrong is that they try to pull the tape too tight. With the exception of the stirrups, the rest of the taping should be applied without any tension on it at all. With some practice, you will get used to the properties of the tape and you'll find it really easy to tape the ankle neatly. Don't forget, you can always go back and review parts of the video to get your taping right.

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