In basketball, a double team is a defensive alignment in which two defensive players are assigned to guard a single offensive player. Among basketball strategies in which defenders are assigned to specific players, each defender is assigned to one offensive player.

What does double team mean in slang?

(transitive, by extension) To deal with or handle a task or individual person by using a team of two people. quotations ▼ (slang, transitive, of two people) To double penetrate someone.

What is double team in soccer?

A double team in football is a tactic which involves using two players on your team to cover a single player on the opposing team. The strategy is usually utilized when there is one particularly skilled player on the opposing team who can not be covered by just one player.