Meaning of prevent defense | Babel Free

Definitions

Any defense intended to prevent rapid scoring by the offense, at the expense of allowing relatively easy, slower scoring.

Examples

“In order⟳ to cope with this situation, we developed a simple prevent⟳ defense which was designed primarily to negate the long touchdown play⟳. Originally, the 5-3 prevent⟳ defense was used in the latter moments of the second and fourth quarters ...”

“There were still forty seconds remaining, so the Bucks went into a prevent⟳ defense, with eight men back to guard against long passes. The Mustang halfback was able to pick⟳ up some ground, but not enough to score⟳”

“Much of the third period was a stalemate, with the Illini successfully clearing out the puck and playing prevent⟳ defense. With 6:37 left in the third period, Barnhart was able to make⟳ back-to-back stops while on the ground, preventing the Redbirds from tying the game momentarily.”

““Our defense shut⟳ them down,” Issa said. “I told them, ‘It was gonna take⟳ one or two goals.’ We had plenty of chances to score⟳. I told them, ‘If we score⟳ one goal, we’re gonna go prevent⟳ defense and we’re going to shut⟳ them down, because people have⟳ done that to us before.’ ””

““I thought it was an unusual game because of the leads that we had,” said Weir, who noted his team’s 3-point⟳ defense allowed Wyoming to hit 10 from beyond the arc at a 35.7% clip. “… It was almost prevent⟳ defense, but we were just trying to kind of keep⟳ the game at bay, and I think⟳ we were trying to prevent⟳ quick scores and have⟳ them really use⟳ clock. …””

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