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The set (called a "quick set") is placed only slightly above the net and the ball is struck by the hitter almost immediately after leaving the setter's hands. Quick attacks are often effective because they isolate the middle blocker to be the only blocker on the hit.
As the defense shifts passing lanes open up and defenders have to rotate to stay in position. Speeding up the tempo and running fast breaks also can beat this defense. Pushing the ball quickly up the court gives the defense little time to set up the zone. If the offense can get to the basket before the zone sets up scoring can be achieved easily.
Olympic pictogram for basketball. Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately 9.4 inches (24 cm) in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket 18 inches (46 cm) in diameter mounted 10 feet (3.048 m) high to a backboard at each end ...
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Ice-T and Coco Austin remain smitten!. The rapper, 66, and model, 45, celebrated their 24th anniversary with Instagram tributes to one another on New Year’s Day, Wednesday, Jan. 1.
Two Iranian citizens are facing federal charges in connection to a drone strike that killed three US Army soldiers and injured dozens more in Jordan early this year, the US Justice Department ...
One Wheel of Fortune contestant got a very special surprise on the show this week.. On Thursday, Jan. 9, amid the show's ongoing 50th anniversary celebrations, hosts Ryan Seacrest and Vanna White ...
The Basketball League Belgium is the top-flight national division and is played between 8 teams, with the current major clubs being BC Oostende (12 Belgian champion titles and 11 Belgian Cups), Antwerp Giants (9 national titles [8] and 5 Belgian Cups [9]), Spirou Basket Charleroi (8 national titles and 5 Belgian Cups), Liège Basket (3 national ...