Billy Donovan Florida Ball-Screen Offense by Wes Kosel

In this playbook you will find 6 plays from Coach Billy Donovan utilizing the ball-screen. Donovan and his Gators do a great job using ball-screens and maximizing on pick-and-roll opportunities. If you viewed my previous post on Shaka Smart’s Post Action Plays, you will notice similar movement by the posts in both playbooks. This is no surprise as Smart worked for Donovan as an assistant during the 2008-2009 season. Both coaches like to have a post rolling to the basket while the other post is running up the lane towards the elbow. This forces the defenders to make a choice on which option to guard. It is difficult to cover the penetration to the middle of the lane, roll to the basket, and opposite post cutting to the elbow at the same time. Donovan also does a great job of using the ball-screens out of different sets. In this playbook, you will see how Donovan gets to his ball-screen offense out of a 3 guard motion, horns set, and 1-4 high set.

Billy Donovan Florida Ball Screen Offense – Ball-Screen Motion

• This play can be used as a continuous offense. 3 guards play out while the 2 post players play inside alternating the pick-and-roll duties.

Billy Donovan Florida Ball Screen Offense – Horns Ball-Screen

• The horns set allows you to easily set up a high-ball screen and clear the lane for the roll.

Billy Donovan Florida Ball Screen Offense – 1-4 High Ball-Screen

• Crossing action by the wings makes it hard for the defenders to deny the entry pass. Having both posts high then sets up a staggered ball-screen with pick and roll/pop options.

Billy Donovan Florida Ball Screen Offense – Baseline Stagger to Ball-Screen

• The staggered baseline screen again makes it hard for the wing defenders to deny the entry pass. 4 and 5 then play into the ball-screen motion movement as described in the first play.

Billy Donovan Florida Ball Screen Offense – Quick Ball-Screen

• This play is great to use as a secondary option. As 4 is running down the floor, he sets a down screen for 5 who then sets a ball-screen for 1.

Billy Donovan Florida Ball Screen Offense – Loop Ball-Screen

• In this play, 3 fakes the baseline screen and loops back toward the wing. From here, the ball-screen motion used in the first play is used to create pick-and-roll scoring options.

Wes Kosel is an assistant coach for men’s basketball under Head Coach Tommy Jones at Texas Lutheran University in Seguin, TX. 2013-2014 marks the second year for Kosel at TLU. Prior to arriving at TLU, Kosel served as a student assistant coach under Head Coach Chad Killscrow at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, KS. Kosel has an undergraduate degree in Exercise Science from the University of Kansas, and is pursuing a Master’s degree in Physical Education from the University of Houston. The Bartlesville, OK native is also a NSCA Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), and teaches weight training and aerobic fitness courses at Texas Lutheran. He has coached AAU programs, volunteered with elementary and middle school basketball teams, and has worked basketball camps for various programs including the Houston Rockets, University of Houston, Texas State, and Texas A&M Corpus Christi.

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Billy Donovan Florida Ball-Screen Offense by Wes Kosel