zonal defense
Guarding assigned regions
Zonal defense is a defensive strategy in team sports where each player guards a designated area of the court or field rather than a specific opponent.
Common in basketball and soccer, it contrasts with man-to-man defense: They switched to a zonal defense to protect the paint.
The term extends to any territorial approach to coverage.
- basketballTeam sport with hoops
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
- paintColored coating substance
- perimeterShape's outer edge length
- passingMoving by or temporary
trap · rotation · help · rim · protecting · closeout · coverage · guard · forward · center · lane · key · high post · switch · hedge · weak-side · box-and-one · matchup
- soccer tacticsformation, pressing, passing, counter-attack, counterattack
- sports trainingdrills, conditioning, practice, warm-ups, fitness
zonal defenseman-to-man defense
Each defender guards one attacker
man-to-man · man defense · man coverage · offensive strategy
zonal defenseoffense
Violation or umbrage
attacking play · offensive strategy · full-court press · blitz
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