Team Defense
On-ball defense is the defense of the ball handler.
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On-ball defense is the defense of the ball handler.
| Category | Team Defense |
|---|---|
| Source volume | Basketball Knowledge Vault/vol3_high_school_team_basketball.md |
| English | Man-to-Man Team Defense |
|---|---|
| Simplified Chinese | 人盯人团队防守 |
| Traditional Chinese | 人對人球隊防守 |
The responsibility of the weak-side low defender (the "low man" or "I") to rotate to the rim and stop a ball-handler who has beaten the on-ball defender, while teammates X-out and rotate up to cover the abandoned…
When a guard sets a ball screen, the nearest help defender "tags" the roll man (momentarily takes responsibility for the roll) before recovering to their own man
A full-court man press is an aggressive, risk-taking defense where every defender is assigned a man and defends them aggressively from the moment the ball is inbounded, extending pressure all the way to the offensive…
Step through: Pivot 180 degrees — step into the gap between the trappers if one exists, or pivot away from pressure to find an open receiver
Deny the inbound pass — the defender on the inbound receiver positions between the ball and their man; a five-second violation is the ideal outcome
The most important non-ball-handling player in press break.