Editing Water polo (section)

===Defense===
Defensive positions are often the same, but just switched from offence to defence. For example, the centre forward or hole set, who directs the attack on offence, on defence is known as "hole D" (also known as set guard, hole guard, hole check, pit defence or two-metre defence), and guards the opposing team's centre forward (also called the hole). Defence can be played [[man-to-man defence|man-to-man]] or in [[zone defence|zones]], such as a 2–4 (four defenders along the goal line). It can also be played as a combination of the two in what is known as an "[[The M-drop|M drop]]" defence, in which the point defender moves away ("sloughs off") his man into a zone in order to better defend the centre position. In this defence, the two wing defenders split the area furthest from the goal, allowing them a clearer lane for the counter-attack if their team recovers the ball.