Definition of «offensive side of the ball»

The term "offense" refers to the team or individual players responsible for scoring points in a game. The "offensive side of the ball" is another way of saying that something relates to offense, as opposed to defense (which would be on the other side). In sports like football and basketball, there are two teams with an offense and defense, so this phrase refers to the team or player responsible for scoring points.

Sentences with «offensive side of the ball»

And in all, this league has improved by quite a bit on the offensive side of the ball. (sbnation.com)
Cal - bound tackle anchored both lines for the Grizzlies, but was more influential on the offensive side of the ball to help Granite Bay with the Sac - Joaquin Section Division II title. (sportstarsmag.com)
A few key contributors really struggled on the offensive side of the ball as their leading scorer and the leagues second leading scorer, Sterling Williams, was only able to muster 12 points against a very stingy Team Harlander D. Michael Halusek was able to put up 17 points while Chris Hicks chipped in with 10, unfortunately that just wasn't enough to get them past a very determined Team Harlander. (allsportsseries.com)
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