防守腳步：8 種腳步，和各自的那一個錯誤 · Defensive footwork: 8 moves and the mistake in each
防守裡唯一完全由你決定的部分。對手多快多高你改不了，腳下的姿勢、第一步往哪兒邁、什麼時候收步全在你自己。下面 8 種腳步按一個回合裡用到的順序排，每一種都寫清它是什麼、什麼時候用，以及那一個把它做廢的錯誤。 · The one part of defending that is entirely yours. You cannot change how fast or how tall he is; the stance, the direction of the first step and the moment the feet stop are all yours. The 8 moves below are in the order one possession asks for them, each with what it is, when it is for, and the single mistake that wastes it.
順序是腳、位置、手 · In order: feet, then position, then hands
手是最後一件事。伸手掏球換來的是重心偏移和一次哨響，而絕大多數被過都發生在手動之前：腳沒跟上，位置就已經沒了。先把腳練到能跟住，再談手上的動作。 · The hands come last. Reaching for the ball buys a shifted centre of gravity and a whistle, and almost every beaten defender was beaten before his hands did anything: the feet did not keep up, so the position was already gone. Train the feet to stay with him first.
雙腳比肩略寬，膝蓋彎下去把重心壓到前腳掌，背挺直、抬頭；兩隻手張開在腰和肩之間，掌心朝外。腳跟只是輕輕搭在地上，不吃重，隨時能推地起動。 · Feet a little wider than the shoulders, knees bent so the weight sits on the balls of the feet, back straight, head up. Hands open between waist and shoulder, palms out. The heels touch the floor without carrying weight, so either foot can push off at once.
什麼時候用 · When it is used對手拿球面對你時的默認姿勢，也是每一次滑步、封搶步、追防結束之後要回到的那個姿勢。 · The default the moment your man has the ball facing you, and the position every slide, closeout and sprint has to finish back in.
常見錯誤 · Common mistake彎腰不彎膝。上身前傾看起來很低，重心其實壓在腳跟上，第一步一定慢半拍。低是膝蓋低，不是頭低。 · Bending at the waist instead of the knees. It looks low, but the weight ends up on the heels and the first step is half a beat late. Low means the knees are low, not the head.
前腳掌推地，先邁靠近去向的那隻腳，另一隻腳跟上；兩腳從頭到尾不交叉也不併攏，髖保持同一高度，頭不上下起伏。 · Push off the ball of the far foot, step first with the foot nearest where you are going, and let the other follow. The feet never cross and never come together, the hips stay at one height, and the head does not bob.
什麼時候用 · When it is used對手橫向運球、還沒有把肩膀探過你的時候。 · While he is moving sideways and has not yet got a shoulder past you.
常見錯誤 · Common mistake兩腳在身前交叉，或者跳著走。交叉的那一瞬間只能往一個方向去；跳起來的時候兩腳同時離地，也就沒法改方向。 · Crossing the feet, or hopping. In the instant they cross you can only go one way; in the instant both feet are off the floor you cannot change direction at all.
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開步Drop step
也叫撤步 · 開門步 · 開角步 · drop step · open step · swing step
對手要從某一側突破時，把那一側的腳往後撤半步、腳尖轉向他要去的方向，髖跟著打開，然後立刻轉成滑步跟上。它用半步距離換一個角度。 · As he commits to one side, drop the foot on that side back half a step with the toe turned where he is going, let the hips open behind it, and go straight into a slide. It trades half a step of ground for an angle.
什麼時候用 · When it is used對手直線加速、單靠滑步已經跟不上，但還沒到必須全速跑的地步。 · He has accelerated in a straight line, sliding alone is no longer holding him, and it is not yet time to turn and sprint.
常見錯誤 · Common mistake先轉肩不轉腳。上身扭過去、腳還朝著原來的方向，重心留在錯的那隻腳上，人被頂開的就是這一下。 · Turning the shoulders without the foot. The upper body swings round while the feet still face the old direction, the weight stays on the wrong foot, and that is the moment he goes through you.
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交叉步追防Run step
也叫交叉步 · 轉身跑 · 追防 · run step · turn and run · sprint step · crossover step
轉髖、交叉步、全速跑，跑到能重新擋在他和籃筐之間的位置，再在停下的那一步轉回防守姿勢。跑的時候眼睛留在人身上，不要去看球。 · Open the hips, cross the feet, sprint, and turn back into a stance on the step where you arrive between him and the rim. Your eyes stay on him while you run, not on the ball.
什麼時候用 · When it is used對手的速度已經超過滑步能跟上的上限：長距離直線突破、快攻回防、被反跑甩開之後的追趕。 · His speed is past what sliding can hold: a long straight drive, a sprint back in transition, the chase after a backdoor cut.
常見錯誤 · Common mistake把「防守不能交叉步」當成鐵律，一路滑步被過；或者跑起來之後忘了轉回姿勢，直接被一個急停跳投。 · Taking “never cross your feet on defence” as an absolute and sliding until he is gone. The other half of it is sprinting and never turning back into a stance, which is what the pull-up jumper is waiting for.
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後撤步Retreat step
也叫退步 · 撤步防守 · 後撤半步 · retreat step · drop and retreat · push-back step
沿斜後方 45 度撤半步到一步，全程面對持球人，把他和籃筐之間的空間重新拿回來。撤的是腳，上身不後仰。 · Half a step to a full step back at forty-five degrees, facing the ball the whole way, taking back the space between him and the rim. The feet retreat; the upper body does not lean back.
什麼時候用 · When it is used一個投籃假動作或者一次加速讓你的重心壓到了前面，或者你需要主動讓出一點距離，換一個不被過的位置。 · A shot fake or a hard first step has tipped your weight forward, or you decide to give up a little distance for a position he cannot drive through.
常見錯誤 · Common mistake只把上身往後仰、腳不動。重心還在原地，第二個動作就被過去，而且仰著身子連跳都跳不起來。 · Leaning the upper body back and leaving the feet where they are. The weight has not moved, the second move beats you, and from a lean you cannot jump at all.
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封搶步Closeout
也叫補防衝搶 · 撲防 · 封投 · closeout · close out · sprint and chop
前半程全速跑，最後三步把步子剁碎、重心降下來，靠近的那隻手舉起來擋在他的出手線上，停在一臂距離，腳下略偏向你希望他走的那一邊。 · Sprint the first two thirds, chop the last three steps short and sink the hips, high hand up in the line of the shot, and stop about an arm’s length away with the feet angled to the side you want him to drive.
什麼時候用 · When it is used球傳到你負責的人手上，而你正從協防位置往回趕。 · The pass reaches your man while you are on your way back from a help position.
常見錯誤 · Common mistake一路衝到底收不住，一個投籃假動作就把你晃起來；或者剁步剁得太早，等於走過去讓他從容出手。 · Running all the way in and not being able to stop, so a shot fake puts you in the air. Chopping too early is the same mistake from the other end: that is walking at him and letting him shoot.
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卡位轉身Box-out pivot
也叫卡位 · 卡人 · 封位 · box out · block out · boxing out
球出手的瞬間先找人再找球：用前轉身或後轉身把臀部頂進他去籃筐的那條路線上，雙臂張開、保持接觸一到兩秒，等球落下來再去搶。 · On the shot, find the man before you find the ball: pivot front or reverse so your backside is in the path he wants to take to the rim, arms wide, hold the contact for a second or two, and go for the ball as it comes down.
什麼時候用 · When it is used對方每一次出手，包括你以為一定進的那些。 · Every shot they take, including the ones you are sure are going in.
常見錯誤 · Common mistake抬頭看球先往籃下跑，把身後那個人整個放走。大部分進攻籃板是這樣丟的，不是因為對方跳得更高。 · Watching the flight and running at the rim, which lets the man behind you go. That is where most offensive rebounds come from, not from anybody out-jumping anybody.
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垂直起跳Verticality
也叫垂直原則 · 圓柱體 · 護框 · verticality · the cylinder · vertical jump defence · rim protection
到位之後雙腳站定，兩臂垂直向上伸直，要跳也只往上跳、不往前送。人和手臂都留在自己那一圈垂直空間裡，接觸就成了對方的問題。 · Arrive, plant both feet, extend the arms straight up, and if you jump, jump up rather than forward. Body and arms stay inside your own vertical cylinder, and the contact into it becomes his problem rather than yours.
什麼時候用 · When it is used護框、封防突破的最後一步，以及所有你已經到位、只剩接觸會發生的時候。 · Protecting the rim, the last step of a drive, and any moment where you are already in position and the only thing left to happen is the contact.
常見錯誤 · Common mistake手臂往前夠球，或者上身迎著人頂上去。那一下無論碰沒碰到球都是防守犯規。 · Reaching forward for the ball, or leaning into him. That is a defensive foul whether or not you get a hand on the ball.
這些腳步怎麼練 · How to drill these
劑量不在這一頁，在訓練清單的防守與籃板那一塊，改一次就只改那一處。下面每一種腳步標出了它對應的那一條。 · The doses are not on this page. They are in the defence and rebounding block of the training checklist, in one place, so a change lands once. Each move below names the drill that trains it.
腳步之外：規則劃的那條線 · Past the feet: the line the rules draw
合法防守位置和垂直原則決定了這些腳步允許你做到哪一步：先到位的人不必讓開，手臂留在自己那一圈垂直空間裡向上伸也不犯規。兩條規則寫在防守入門頁的同一節裡，判罰場景寫在規則圖解裡。 · Legal guarding position and verticality decide how far these moves are allowed to take you: get to the spot first and you do not have to move, and arms extended straight up inside your own cylinder are not a foul. Both are written out together on the defence hub, and the calls themselves are on the rules guide.
橫向跟防的時候不交叉：交叉的那一瞬間你只能往一個方向去，一個回身就被甩開。但對手的速度一旦超過滑步的上限，就必須轉髖交叉步全速跑，跑到位再轉回姿勢。把「不能交叉」當成鐵律的人，都是一路滑步被過的那個。 · Not while you are sliding with him: in the instant they cross you can only go one way, and a change of direction leaves you. But once he is faster than sliding can hold, opening the hips and sprinting is the move, and you turn back into a stance where you arrive. The defenders who take “never cross” as an absolute are the ones sliding while he goes by.
封搶步怎麼才不會被一個假動作晃起來？ · How do I close out without leaving my feet on a shot fake?
把減速做在到位之前：最後三步剁碎、重心壓低，人到的時候速度已經接近零。衝到最後一步才想停的，一定會跳起來。 · Do the braking before you arrive: chop the last three steps and sink the hips, so you get there with almost no speed left. A defender still sprinting on the final step is going up.
防守腳步一天該練多久？ · How much footwork should I be doing?
組數和時間在訓練清單的防守與籃板那一塊，滑步、封搶步、卡位各有各的標準。腳步是少數可以每天練的項目，因為它既不佔球也不佔籃筐。 · The sets and times are in the defence and rebounding block of the training checklist: slides, closeouts and box-outs each with their own standard. Footwork is one of the few things you can drill every day, because it needs neither a ball nor a hoop.
