On-Ball Defense: Positioning and Pressure
On-Ball Defense: Positioning and Pressure is a defensive strategy that on-ball defense is the defense of the ball handler.
Team Defense
One-Pass-Away Positioning: Denial
This player is an immediate threat; they could receive the next pass and shoot or attack.
Direct answer
What is One-Pass-Away Positioning: Denial?
This player is an immediate threat; they could receive the next pass and shoot or attack.
Quick facts
| Category | Team Defense |
|---|---|
| Source volume | Basketball Knowledge Vault/vol3_high_school_team_basketball.md |
What it is
- This player is an immediate threat; they could receive the next pass and shoot or attack.
- The goal of one-pass-away defense is to make the pass difficult.
- The defender lines up between the ball and the potential receiver, hand and foot in the passing lane.
How it works
- This player is an immediate threat; they could receive the next pass and shoot or attack.
- The goal of one-pass-away defense is to make the pass difficult.
- Denial Position: The defender lines up between the ball and the potential receiver, hand and foot in the passing lane.
- The defender is not trying to defend the player if they receive the ball; they are trying to prevent the pass from arriving cleanly.
- This requires positioning just slightly off the direct line between the ball and the receiver.
Bilingual terms
| English | One-Pass-Away Positioning: Denial |
|---|---|
| Simplified Chinese | 一传距离防守：封锁传球 |
| Traditional Chinese | 一次性定位：拒絕 |
Learn before and after
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Two-Passes-Away Positioning: Help
This player is a longer threat.
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