bench depth
Available backup players
Bench depth refers to the quantity and quality of substitute players available to a team beyond its starting lineup.
A team with good bench depth can replace starters without significant drop-off in performance: Their bench depth carried them through the injury-plagued season.
The term extends to any organization's reserve of capable personnel: The company's bench depth in engineering is weak.
- rosterList of members
- reservesResources held back
- substitutesReplacements for originals
- squadSmall working group
- practice squadReserve training roster
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- sports edgesadvantage, home field, home court, home ice, power play
- reservesreserve, reserves, bank reserves, cash reserves, fuel reserve
- NBA PlayoffsNBA Finals, conference finals, first round, second round, bracket
- sports tacticszone defense, pick, formations, game plan, spacing
- numerical advantageoutnumber, majority, surplus, man advantage, strength in numbers
bench depthstarting lineup
Initial player selection
first team · starters · starting five · starting eleven · first string
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