Voorbeelden van zone defense

• 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.

• The advantage of the man-to-man defense is that it is more aggressive than the zone defense.

• It is commonly referred to as a combination defense, as it combines certain aspects of man-to-man defense and zone defense.

• His contributions to the game of basketball include the 1-3-1 zone defense and the three-second rule.

• The 1-3-1 zone defense is a defensive basketball formation.

• Pitino implemented a 221 and 23 zone defense midway through the season.

• He is credited with inventing an early version of the zone defense used in modern basketball.

• In a zone defense, each player is assigned to guard a specific area of the court.