When it comes to basketball moves as exciting and ankle breaking as the crossover lets give the guy who made it famous his due and get the terminology right. The "Killer Crossover" or the "UTEP Two-step" was made famous by Tim Hardaway while at Golden State. In an age of NBA high fliers, Hardaway was able to compete against the best in the world by using a simple move, timed perfectly to get his opponents off balance and blow by them with a change of tempo.

Like all great basketball moves, the crossover done right is designed to alter the balance of an opponent into an unstable position for defending.

For this demo lets look at the killer crossover from someone dribbling with their right hand. The move can be done with either hand and is often an effective way to give the illusion you are proficient with both hands.

Step one:

The fist thing you do is dribble up to an opponent at about 50%-75% speed dribbling with your right hand.

Step Two:

When you get to about meter away you slow down, raise your center of gravity slightly as if you are looking to take a jumper. This will cause your defender to straighten up to honor your shot. (This is why it is important to have a good jumper, as it sets everything else up.) By doing this your defender will be moving his or her center of gravity slightly forward which is not the ideal defending position.

Step Three:

As soon as you see or feel the defender alter his or her position you cross the ball from your right dribbling hand, to your left hand. This can be done through your legs to protect the ball or in front if you have enough separation. The idea is to drop the ball beneath the defenders outstretched hand. You want to following this by dropping your right shoulder down to simulate you are going to the left. This is important because a good defender will be looking at your chest. You need to try to shift that to your left direction to create a believable fake. Usually this will be a lateral dribble meaning you won't be going forward too much. The idea is your selling going left to make the defender who is already slightly off balance move his or her body towards your left creating momentum in that direction.

* Now before continuing it is important to not to think crossover without paying attention to what your defender is doing. If your original raise in center of gravity has caused the defender to shift forward off balance and when you dribble from right to left,

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