zone coverage
Guarding assigned regions
Zone coverage is a defensive strategy in football and basketball where each defender guards a designated area of the field or court rather than following a specific opponent.
In football, defensive backs and linebackers protect zones against passes: The safety dropped into zone coverage over the middle.
Contrasts with man-to-man coverage, where each defender shadows an assigned player.
- defenseProtection against harm
- secondaryLesser in rank
- cornerbackDefensive back covering receivers
- safetyFreedom from harm
- linebackerSecond-level defensive position
scheme · deep · shallow · passing · passing lane · quarterback · drop back · interception · receiver · route · territory · patrol · gap · assignment · read · react · underneath · seam
- footballfootball, touchdown, field goal, quarterback, goal
- defensedefense, defending, protecting, protection, security
- water safetylifeguards, CPR, rescue tube, life jacket, drowning prevention
- 911 dispatch911, 911 center, 911 operator, dispatcher, dispatch center
- hockey defensegoalie, goaltender, defenseman, penalty kill, shot blocking
- defensive schemesman-to-man, nickel defense, prevent defense, pass defense, man to man
zone coverageman coverage
One defender per attacker
man-to-man defense · press coverage · man defense · man-to-man · shadowing
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