into the middle of a zone. Hindering consists of blocking the path of the opposite team player. Stopping or delaying an offensive player from moving into his/her position are used to interrupt the opposing team’s action. When screening the opponent without a ball, the defenders, regardless of the defence formation, perform two tasks: 1. They perform the so-called “screening at the ball”, thus they hinder the opponents from catching the ball 2. They make it impossible for the opponents to perform screening. 5. Screening with the ball It is a very important task, because the player with the ball is more dangerous. When the attack player is dribbling towards the goal, the defender should position him/herself so as to force the offense player to the side line of the court. A defender takes up a position in relation to the dribbling player (centre right or right wing) so that he/she hinders his/her way to the middle with his/her right shoulder. Running beside the dribbling player, the defender takes a position from inside the court, forcing the dribbler more and more to the corner. We will also describe the position of a defender, when an attack player is in front of the goal. A centre player should be screened close to his shooting hand. If a feint is performed to the right and passed by to the left, a defender will be close to the shooting hand and an offence run away is not a threat. If a feint is performed to the left, the attack will be screened from that side (Fig. 14). Fig. 14 A defender should jump towards the attacker, so that both players’ shoulders are parallel to each other. This is in accordance to the said defensive action (an attack towards shooting hand) and is particularly useful to the left handed left centre player (right hand shooting left foot advanced and vice-versa) (Fig. 15). It is very important for defenders to cooperate with the goalkeeper while screening. In this case the “short corner” must be safe. A ball thrown towards the goal should be