Alias · Guard Passing
Hook removal
Also known as De La Riva Break — the canonical term used on this site.
Training background: informal — emphasises the hook clear component
Informal — removing the De La Riva hook
Hook removal is a colloquial name for the De La Riva break — plain gym vocabulary for stripping the outside hook that defines the guard.
Etymology. “Hook removal” names the single decisive action without reference to the guard’s full name. It is informal, action-focused language, used interchangeably with the more formal break terminology.
Mechanics. The De La Riva hook is the foot-line engagement that lets the guard control the passer; removing it breaks that engagement, and once the foot line no longer connects, the guard cannot dictate the passer’s movement and the pass proceeds.
Cross-reference. “DLR disengagement” and “De La Riva opening” are sibling aliases. Full mechanical coverage on De La Riva Break.