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INDIVIDUAL MAN-TO-MAN DEFENSE [1 record]

Record 1 2014-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports (General)
  • Team Sports (General)
DEF

A style of team defense in which each player is assigned one specific opponent to guard anywhere on the court.

CONT

Defense may consist of individual guarding or team patterns. Individual man-to-man defense is both a basic style of play and the name of a team strategy in which each player is assigned to cover one opponent wherever he goes on the floor. This is the prevailing form of team defense. Also used extensively is some form of the zone defense, in which a player is given a specific area of the floor to guard and picks up any opposing player coming through it.

Key term(s)
  • individual defense
  • individual marking
  • individual guarding

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports (Généralités)
  • Sports d'équipe (Généralités)
CONT

Marquage individuel. Il s'agit de confier à un défenseur [...] la surveillance et la neutralisation d'un joueur adverse [...] Le marquage se fait en restant constamment «collé» à l'adversaire [...]

OBS

Chaque joueur surveille son adversaire direct. S'oppose à «défense de zone», où chaque joueur est chargé de la surveillance d'une partie du terrain.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes (Generalidades)
  • Deportes de equipo (Generalidades)
DEF

Forma de organización defensiva donde cada jugador tiene la misión de marcar a un único adversario, previamente atribuido por el entrenador, teniendo que acompañarlo por todo el terreno de juego.

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