**5. Conclusions**

Ankle taping decreased the ankle dorsiflexion ROM in youth elite soccer and basketball players U18. These results could be useful as a prophylactic approach for ankle sprain injury prevention. However, the ankle ROM restriction between individuals without taping, and individuals immediately assessed when the tape was removed after the training was very low. Thus, further research is needed in order to develop new strategies to maintain the initial e ffectiveness throughout the training session and games.

**Author Contributions:** Conceptualization, B.D.-L.-C.-T. and C.R.-M.; data curation, D.R.-S., C.L.-N. and C.F.-N.; methodology, P.P.-L., D.R.-S. and D.L.-L.; formal analysis, C.R.-M., D.L.-L. and C.C.-L.; investigation, P.P.-L., C.L.-N. and C.F.-N.; supervision, C.R.-M. and B.D.-L.-C.-T.; writing—original draft preparation, B.D.-L.-C.-T., C.R.-M., D.R.-S. and C.C.-L.; writing—review and editing, B.D.-L.-C.-T., C.R.-M., D.L.-L. and C.C.-L. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

**Funding:** This research received no external funding.

**Acknowledgments:** The authors thank all of the dancers, doctors and physiotherapists that participated in this project and acknowledge their valuable and essential contribution to the study.

**Conflicts of Interest:** The authors declare no conflict of interest.
