Glossary
Pick-And-Roll Coverages Glossary
Bilingual glossary for pick-and-roll coverages including drop, ICE, switch, blitz, show, and related defensive rotations.
Direct answer
How to use this glossary
Use the English term as the canonical basketball concept, then compare the Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese labels to keep coaching language consistent across languages.
Terms
| English | Simplified Chinese | Traditional Chinese | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drop Coverage | 沉退防守 | 沉退覆蓋 | Drop Coverage is a coaching concept involving handler curves around screen while big sits in paint. |
| ICE (In-and-out Contain Eliminate) Coverage | ICE 防守（逼边线防守） | ICE 覆蓋 | ICE (In-and-out Contain Eliminate) Coverage is a coaching concept involving handler dribbles one direction, poa overplays to force them that way. |
| Switch Coverage | 换防防守 | 換防覆蓋 | Switch Coverage is a coaching concept involving poa takes roller, big takes handler. |
| Blitz/Trap Coverage | 夹击/包夹防守 | 夾擊 / Blitz 覆蓋 | Blitz/Trap Coverage is a coaching concept involving two defenders attack handler at screen. |
| Ghost Screen Concept | 幽灵掩护 | 幽靈掩護概念 | Ghost Screen Concept is a basketball action involving a player runs toward a screener as if to use the screen but ghosts (runs past) the screen. |
| Pistol 5 — Full System Deep Dive | Pistol 5——完整体系深度解析 | Pistol 5：完整體系深度解析 | Pistol 5" is a half-court action where the ball is passed ahead to the 5-man positioned at foul-line extended (mid-post/wing area, between the. |
| Spain Pick & Roll | 西班牙挡拆 | 西班牙擋拆 | The Spain PnR (also called Spain Action) is a ball screen combined with a back screen set on the ball screener's defender as they hedge or switch. |
| Advanced PnR Coverage Schemes | 高阶挡拆防守体系 | 進階擋拆防守策略 | Advanced PnR Coverage Schemes is a coaching concept that the pick-and-roll is the most complex offensive action in basketball. |
| Film Study Methodology | 录像分析方法论 | 影片分析方法論 | This is a Primary Ball Handler. |
| Ball Screen Defense | 挡拆防守 | 擋拆防守 | Ball Screen Defense: The screener's defender steps out hard into the ball handler's path while the on-ball defender fights over the screen - Forces. |
| Anatomy of a Set Play | 固定战术的解剖 | 固定戰術剖析 | A set play is a predetermined sequence of actions with a clear objective: generate a shot for a specific player or players. |
| Cross Screen | 横掩护 | 橫掩護 | The Cross Screen is an off-ball screen set horizontally across the lane — from one side of the paint to the other — for a player posting up or. |
| Defending Ghost Screens | 防守幽灵掩护 | 防守幽靈掩護 | Defending Ghost Screens: Communicate early (call "Ghost!" before the action) - Defender must stay attached to the ball handler over the spot of the. |
| Full-Court Inbounds Plays (Touchdown / Long Pass Specials) | 全场界内进攻（达阵/长传特殊） | 全場界內進攻（達陣/長傳特殊） | Full-Court Inbounds Plays (Touchdown / Long Pass Specials) is a basketball action involving length-of-the-floor inbounds sets used to advance the. |
| Get Action (Pass-and-Follow Dribble Handoff) | 采取行动（传球并跟随运球交接） | 採取行動（傳球並跟隨運球交接） | Get Action (Pass-and-Follow Dribble Handoff) is a basketball action involving a named guard-to-guard initiation where a player passes to a teammate. |
| Hammer Action (Weak-Side Baseline Pin) | 锤击动作（弱侧基线销） | 錘擊動作（弱側基線銷） | A hammer action is an off-ball play where, as a teammate drives the baseline, a weak-side player sets a baseline back/flare screen ("hammer") for a. |
| Iverson Actions | Iverson系列战术 | Iverson 動作 | Iverson Actions is a basketball action involving a player cuts from one side of the floor to the other, running through the elbows (along the. |
| Iverson Back Screen (Tom Izzo / Michigan State) | Iverson背掩护（Tom Izzo / Michigan State） | Iverson 背掩護（Tom Izzo / 密歇根州立） | Iverson Back Screen (Tom Izzo / Michigan State) is a basketball action that tom Izzo has run this play for 15+ years (documented back to 2010). |