zone defense

noun

: a system of defense (as in basketball or football) in which each player guards an assigned area rather than a specified opponent

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Indiana gained 278 yards, and 126 of those came in the final 4:44, with the Fighting Irish (12-1) retreating into a soft zone defense, with chunks of Fighting Irish and Hoosiers fans back in the parking lots resuming tailgates or trying to get back to Kokomo or Fort Wayne or Bloomington. —

Joe Rexrode, The Athletic, 21 Dec. 2024 The Bears, having just fired their head coach — who was also their defensive coordinator — dropped into zone defense snap after snap. —

Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 8 Dec. 2024 Ultimately, on fourth-and-3, Dugger allowed a touchdown catch to Colts receiver Alec Pierce from a goal-line zone defense that nonetheless left him exposed in a bad 1-on-1 matchup. —

Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 3 Dec. 2024 And George Kittle, given space to roam against that zone defense, scampered for 151 yards on six catches, with 104 coming after the catch. —

Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 8 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for zone defense