Team respects how crabs move (8)
I believe the answer is:
sideways
'how crabs move' is the definition.
(crabs move sideways)
'team respects' is the wordplay.
'team' becomes 'side' (both can mean a sports team).
'respects' becomes 'ways' (both can mean a particular aspect or effect).
'side'+'ways'='SIDEWAYS'
(Other definitions for sideways that I've seen before include "Movement of crab" , "Askance" , "Crabwise, laterally" , "Obliquley, crabwise" , "Edgewise" .)