The first thing Hugh freeze does when recruiting  

He's checking for Ankle Monitors to see if they have legal problems LOL

Penn use to have player grab their ankles to see how athletic they were😮

Anyone else check their ankles after watching this? Hahaha

Mans had an ankle fetish

Me looking at my ankles now

Lineman have left the chat

It's true. People with thicker ankles have a longer calf muscle and less tendon, so the muscle extends further down the leg making ankles appear larger. Skinny ankles have nothing but long stretchy tendon running to them. Makes like a spring

I just checked mine and holy shit did they miss a great athlete.

I showed him my ankles and then he wanted to see my calves and then he wanted to see my thighs and it just didn't end from there.

This lady made me happy to realize I am considered athletic.

He’d look at me and I’d be in… until he saw me run full speed. 😅

Then I'm athletic asf😂😂😂

I guess Nick Saban is doing it wrong…. The ankle system has never failed 😂

This has been a thing for a while. Its pretty true honestly

To be fair, he does it with women also. He wants to see if they can fit their hands around their ankles.

At Penn State , Jerry Sandusky had us grab our ankles and got behind us….the fastest guys running away usually made the team.

My Dad coached Div 2 basketball he actually used to say this.

As a guy with skinny ankles, I gotta say I’m unathletic and my ankle snapped many times during my athletic career lol

It started with ankles, and now I'm sitting, crying in the shower rocking back and forth!

This is the Academic Advisor from Last Chance U!! Glad she's still working hard you could tell she loved those young men.

That makes total sense. I am an arm wrestling coach. I only pick players with skinny arms.

Is that Brittany from 'Last Chance U' on Netflix?? 🤔

It’s weird but mostly true if you look at the fastest guys in NFL history. All skinny calves and ankles. Deion Sanders swears by this too. Used to talk about it at the combine

Ray Charles used to judge by how thick your wrist was. Two geniuses can't be wrong.

Got me checking out my ankles 😂

There might actually be some truth to that. The Kalenjin Tribe of Kenya produces some of the best distance runners in the world, and I read that scientists attribute that to the slenderness of the ankles and lower calves.

He’s not lying!

“And I’m standing there like… coach don’t you mean me??” 👨

He is so right! I think the same thing! Cankles are unsightly and heavy!

Facts!! There knees too!!

Makes me think of tracy mcgrady, dude was so skinny but so strong and athletic. Sadly injuries ruined him

I got skinny ankles also use to be super athletic when I was younger… also broke both feet/legs multiple times… I’d say once a year for a couple decades lol

Bill Parcells used to do the same thing.

That's facts! Prime said the exact same thing.

Works same for dating. If your dating a girl with big ankles she's gonna be huge when she gets older. God a big base for a reason

Everyone checking their ankles rn 😂

Great recruiting technique. Just remember not to call prostitutes from your university phone

A better sign that someone is athletic is the length of their Achilles. The longer the Achilles the more power and explosiveness they normally are

My father was a scout in the NBA. He would look at the ankles of potential draftees. According to dad, the angle of the Achilles tendon would tell him how athletic a person was. Those who's heals stuck out from the foot was his evidence of their ability to run and jump. How thin their leg was below the knee was also what he looked at.

He is now a legend they call him coach Forrest Gump

Makes since. Grasshoppers are pretty athletic.

As an athlete with skinny ankles I can say it’s true, I have always excelled in every sport I tried, every sport except boxing. I have fractured both wrist twice. Had to call the quits on that.

He's basically looking to see the attachment points of their calves. If the attachment point is lower, that's where the term kankles comes from, and usually that lower attachment point translates into less athleticism.

Samoans refute that😂😂😂🎉❤

Skinny ankles, high cal a, Bo legged and pigeon toed are always the best athletes

I'm 280 with skinny ankles, what's that say?

I’m not sure how things were done at Ole Miss, but I’ve never seen this done at Liberty. I was with the team two of the four years he was there, and one of those I was heavily involved in recruiting. I never once saw him do this.

In relation to their claves.

It kind of makes sense. Could also test their flexibility

That really helped vs Alabama last weekend. 😅

He is checking for ankle monitors. You got one, you going places as a WR or someone on defense lol

Truth, my ankles are like twigs and I’m super athletic when playing my 6 year old on our 7 foot basketball goal

This is true. You won’t ever see some loaf of bread built ankle dudes out there going off!

Hes not looking at the ankle width. Hes looking at the bow of the ankle. Good way of seeing if a athlete is injury prone or not.

Not going to lie i have always thought the same since i was in 6th grade as a up and coming athlete. I was about to be 12 and I was 5'10 and all the local P A L coaches would come to our school for open gym Fridays to watch me play. I noticed many of the coaches would ask about my ankles and if they were ok. I noticied the high flying, fast running players all had thick calves but slim ankles. WOW I thought I only thought like that.

He should have looked at Jalan Milroe’s ankle last night at that Auburn game

In bodybuilding, skinny ankles and wrists also gives a more aesthetic look, and most of the top BBers have them. Interesting that this might also be an indication of athleticism.

Yo, I made it D1 and always thought I had skinny ankles lets goooo

That's right baby! Thin is in, on the ankles! 👊🏾😎👌🏾

Moral of story… have skinny ankles or freeze will put you on ice

Well I did play basketball soccer golf n baseball and my ankles are scronny af 😂

Look from the back to the front. The Achilles is thin from the heel up and towards the front of the foot usually they are athletic.

100% true. One reason I married my wife was because of her attraction skinny ankles. I told my son to always avoid a girl with fat ankles.

This is old school, not always true but 80% of the time it is.

TRUE; tennis coach here, skinny ankles mean Fast Twitch!

He's checking the length of their Achilles tendons. Long tendons act like powerful rubber bands

Don't forget to check for the extra tendon in the foot that makes them jump higher.. 😉

Body alignment

Funny how it failed to win a national championship, so clearly just being athletic ain’t enough

That’s so true about the ankles

Dude, why do my players keep getting juked and falling over?!

I can’t remember the last time Hugh Freeze was a national champion head coach.

Love it

I’ve seen this with lineman but with neck size. The bigger the neck of a high school athlete the more muscle you can put on them.

Treating them niggas like straight Clydesdales 😂😂😂

True statement! Check the lower legs of college and professional offensive and defensive linemen for proof

Just checked mine and it checks out. Nice!

Me staring at My fucking kankles

This is partially true, more so for outside defenders and receivers

Having skinny ankles I was a little worried for a moment. Especially because I've been a top athlete for 40 years. So, maybe it's true

True. Athletic people dont have Kankles

Yeah makes total sense 😂

If you’re looking for a WR yeah. The fastest guys have super skinny ankles. You’re not durable at all but you don’t get tired. You’re fast for 4 quarters.

Much better than what Jerry Sandusky did, he only recruited player by having them pull they’re pants down

This is true. I have skinny ankles and I’m a freaking beast!

Never thought about that I’m now 48 6’10 and when I was younger I had skinny ankles with a 38 inc vertical very interesting 🤔

They should have checked RG3, I saw is legs and said he won't last long. No joke.

I'm sure a lot of coaches do something like this when they meet with recruits in person

I love BRITNEY WAGNER!

But my ankles are big cause of sprains as a child lol. Still played at a high level.

They snap like twigs

Love Brittany

I would still make his squad and even when I was younger I could 😹

i have skinny ankles feel better about myself now

Hillary, dying inside after hearing this story.

This is true, you have better “stop-start “ motion with skinnier ankles

Agree! Factual And True!!

Cool 😎 Yes Sir and Yes Ma'am. Hugh Freeze have never won 🏆 a College Football Championship. Coach Nick Saban knows the Process. Thank you

Coach got ah ankle fetish 😭🤣

Facts