When the season gets going and schedules get busy, teams often need extra players, so you'll be the first person they call.

"We're going to have to get a corner and a backup safety, so this might give us the extra player."

But I don't understand why, with an extra player, we should not be able to take advantage of this.

Any extra players will line up by the net post as substitutes.

During the summer practice sessions, the teams would remove extra players.

This can make it hard to find extra players when a piece demands them.

"We just have one extra player to do it with."

If the court has been filled up then the extra players join another player currently playing to form a team of two, or a "double".

If the defense puts extra players in pass coverage, the Lions can run.

He wore the orange jersey that sometimes is given to extra players who might not play in the next game.