0 in basketball and some other sports, a system of defending in which each player is responsible for defending an area rather than an opposing player
Meanwell taught a style of game that featured short passing, crisscross dribbles and a tight zone defense.
Warren was considered to be a man-to-man defense specialist who needed to develop his zone defense skills.
The zone defense is also used to discourage the offense from making long passes.
The zone is sometimes called the wedge, cup, wall, or clam (depending on the specific play or type of zone defense).
With the rule change in 2001 permitting zone defense, defenders now have more freedom.
The zone defense was used because the gym floor was made of green pine and it was very slippery when wet, when the roof leaked.
Zone defense is frequently used when the offence plays horizontal stack, or when the weather is windy, rainy, or snowy.
In total, the team used some sort of zone defense about 40 percent of the time.
