Glossary

Player Archetypes Glossary

Bilingual glossary for modern basketball player roles and archetypes including creators, connectors, anchors, stretch bigs, and wing roles.

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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
3-and-D Wing	3-D翼	3-D翼	3-and-D Wing: knocking down catch-and-shoot three-pointers and defending multiple perimeter positions at a.
Anchor (Defensive Anchor)	防守锚点	Anchor（防守錨點）	Anchor (Defensive Anchor) is a player archetype involving first line of interior defense.
Anchor Big	护框型大个	護筐型內線	Anchor Big is a player archetype characterized by being less mobile but dominant in the paint.
Athletic Finisher	运动型终结者	運動終結者	Athletic Finisher is a player archetype involving scores via cutting, putbacks, transition finishes.
Big Man Archetypes	大个子角色原型	內線類型	Big Man Archetypes is a player archetype involving dives to basket off pnr, cuts off screens, finishes at rim.
Chaser	追击者	追擊者	Chaser is a player archetype involving sticks to shooters and cutters.
Connector	串联者	連接器	Connector is a player archetype involving moves ball without taking shot.
Core Principle: Defense is Assigned Role, Not Individual Talent	核心原则：防守是指派的角色，而非个人天赋	核心原則：防守是分配的角色，而不是個人天賦	Core Principle: Defense is Assigned Role, Not Individual Talent: Defense is Assigned Role, Not Individual Talent is a player archetype that defensive.
Core Principle: Define by Function, Not Position	核心原则：按功能定义，而非按位置	核心原則：按功能而非職位定義	An archetype is a functional classification of how a player generates offense, where they score, and what spacing/passing demands they impose on.
Defensive Role Framework	防守角色框架	防守角色框架	Defensive Role Framework is a player archetype involving deployed on low-usage matchups.
Guard & Wing Archetypes	后卫与锋线原型总览	後衛與側翼球員類型	Guard & Wing Archetypes is a player archetype involving catch-and-shoot player positioned in fixed spacing location (usually corner or wing).
Heliocentric Offensive Hub	日心进攻中心	日心進攻中心	A heliocentric offensive hub is a usage-dominant, ball-dominant initiator around whom the entire offense orbits — the "sun" who controls the ball on.
Helper	协防者	協防者	Helper is a player archetype involving team defense specialist over individual matchup.
Identifying Your Role Within the System	在体系中识别你的角色	確定您在體系中的角色	Identifying Your Role Within the System: Team has Stretch Big (want to space floor) but system demands post-scoring from big.
Low Activity	低活跃度防守	低參與度	Low Activity is a player archetype involving deployed on low-usage matchups.
Mobile Big	运动型大个	機動型內線	Mobile Big is a player archetype involving engages ball handlers at the perimeter in pnr.
Movement Shooter	跑位射手	跑動射手	Movement Shooter is a player archetype involving catch-and-shoot player who scores in motion off relocations.
Off-Screen Shooter	借掩护射手	借掩護投籃型射手	Off-Screen Shooter: pin-downs, flare screens, handoffs, back screens.
Offensive Archetype Framework	进攻原型框架	進攻性類型框架	Offensive Archetype Framework is a player archetype involving dives to basket off pnr, cuts off screens, finishes at rim.
Player Roles Within Systems	体系中的球员角色	體系中的球員角色	Player Roles Within Systems is a player archetype involving first line of interior defense.
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.
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.
5-Out Offense: Foundation	五外进攻：基础	5-Out 進攻：基礎	5-Out Offense: Foundation is an offensive concept that the 5-Out offense has become the dominant NBA and college system because it.
Motion Offense (5-Man Motion)	移动进攻（五人移动进攻）	動態進攻（五人 Motion）	Every denial is a backdoor; train players to read denial and backdoor immediately.
Princeton Offense	普林斯顿进攻	普林斯頓進攻	The backdoor principle is not just a play — it is a philosophy.
BLOB Sets (Expanded)	底线球战术集（扩展版）	BLOB 戰術包（擴充版）	The inbounder stands on the baseline, giving them a limited angle but proximity to the basket — which means layups and short jumpers are primary.
Chin Series	Chin系列战术	Chin 系列	Chin Series: All initiate from the same look: a ball catch at the elbow (the intersection of the lane line and the free throw line).