Drop Coverage
Ball-screen defender (POA) fights through screen or slides under (does not switch)
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Basketball Terms In English And Chinese
A bilingual basketball glossary for English, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese terms across actions, coverages, rotations, and player roles.
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Basketball Terms In English And Chinese
Bball Vault pairs English basketball terminology with Simplified and Traditional Chinese translations so learners can connect coaching language across languages. This is most useful for tactical terms like drop coverage, ICE, DHO, Spain pick-and-roll, BLOB, SLOB, switch, and blitz.
High-value bilingual terms
These concepts appear often in modern basketball coaching and film study.
ICE (In-and-out Contain Eliminate) Coverage
Ball-screen defender (POA) forces handler away from screen (ices the screen by overplaying one side)
Switch Coverage
Ball-screen defender and big defender communicate and swap assignments
Blitz/Trap Coverage
Ball-screen defender (POA) fights through screen
Spain Pick & Roll
A three-player pick-and-roll where a third player back-screens the roller's defender to create a lob, layup, or pop-out three.
DHO (Dribble Handoff) Actions
The receiver's defender must navigate the handoff like a screen.
BLOB (Baseline Out-of-Bounds) Fundamentals
BLOB plays are executed from the baseline when the ball goes out of bounds near your own basket or the opponent's basket.
SLOB (Sideline Out-of-Bounds) Basics
SLOB plays are executed from the sideline (not the baseline) when the ball goes out of bounds on the side.