pump fake

plural pump fakes

1. hobbiesAn act of pretending to throw or shoot the ball in order to make a defender react.

   He fooled Penny with a pump fake and dropped in a 3-pointer, sending the game into overtime.

   2002, Shaquille O'Neal, Shaq Talks Back, page 42

   2 more examples

   Winning quarterbacks find creative ways to win, whether it is by scrambling, using a pump fake, calling an audible at the line of scrimmage, or blocking downfield for a running back.

   2007, Clinton O. Longenecker, Greg R. Papp, Timothy C. Stansfield, The Two-Minute Drill, page 60

   Sure enough, instead of the drop-back pass, the quarterback gave a pump-fake and then handed off to his fullback on the draw play.

   2004, Pete Rose, Rick Hill, My Prison Without Bars, page 6