Sports strategy refers to the numerous sets of methods applied in various sports in order to find ways and create advantageous methods for achieving an outcome of success.[1] For team sports, strategy largely consists of how to coordinate the internal movements and positioning of players in a team.[2] For individual sports, strategy is based on advantages that can be found in various available options for the player.[3]
Each sport often has its own strategies refined for the accomplishments of a specific outcome within that sport. There exists however some observable cross-sports applicability across certain sports as a result of similarities within rules and conditions for said sports.[4] One example is the denotation between man-to-man defense and zone defense respectively, which is used across many team sports.
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- ^ "The Foundations of Tactics and Strategy in Team Sports". Retrieved 6 April 2023.