Allows combat to move to another round Both players may successively cancel presses until one player relents
The most commonly used strategy is the basic "man to man" defence The idea is to tightly mark each offensive player without fouling Defenders should always position themselves between their goal and the player they are guarding Each pass should be pressured Defenders guarding players without the ball should favour the passing lane side to frustrate a reception
If you press something somewhere, you push it firmly against something else. He pressed his back against the door They pressed the silver knife into the cake
To move on with urging and crowding; to make one's way with violence or effort; to bear onward forcibly; to crowd; to throng; to encroach
If you press for something, you try hard to persuade someone to give it to you or to agree to it. Police might now press for changes in the law They had pressed for their children to be taught French. = push
the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure; "he gave the button a press"; "he used pressure to stop the bleeding"; "at the pressing of a button" a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids a machine used for printing clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use the gathering and publishing of news in the form of newspapers or magazines newspaper writers and photographers place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure; "pressed flowers" exert pressure or force to or upon; "He pressed down on the boards"; "press your thumb on this spot" make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby; "`Now push hard,' said the doctor to the woman" press from a plastic; "press a record" create by pressing; "Press little holes into the soft clay" crowd closely; "The crowds pressed along the street" be urgent; "This is a pressing problem