It places more pressure on the ball increasing the chance of a mistake on the opponents part.
A great man-to-man defense is a team defense, not just individuals guarding their own man, but five team mates working together.
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· man-to-man defense
This is one of the most agressive forms of defense used in basketball. This is when each player has their own man on the oposing to to gaurd while on defense. This is the defense that takes the most endurance to run correctly and effectively.
Man-to-man defense is when the player sticks the other player no matter where the ball carrier goes.
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Some well known basketball defenses are the 2-3 zone and the man to man defense.
In basketball, the two types of defense a team mostly plays are called man-to-man and zone. The man-to-man defense is where the responsibility of a player on defense is to guard a player on the offense. In the zone defense, the responsibility of the player on defense is to patrol a specific area, or zone, of the court. Click on the 'Zone Defense' link on this page to read an article to learn more.
Man-to-man defense is exactly as it sounds: One man guarding one man. In a game, each player will be assigned to guard one person and that person only.