1-4 High Set Plays Series by Adam Short

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I have coached at the NCAA Division 2 (Southwestern Oklahoma State University), NAIA (USAO), and JUCO Levels (Blinn College and Carl Albert State College) as well as high school. I just felt that fellow coaches especially young coaches need to constantly work on their “game”. Just like the basketball players that we coach. We as coaches need to improve ourselves. That is my story and why I do this blog.

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March 26, 2014

1-4 High Set Plays Series by Adam Short

In my short career as a college basketball coach, I have found that the 1-4 High set plays might be the most difficult to guard. It puts the defense at a disadvantage because it takes away the help side defense with movement on the weak side. I was crazy busy this past week weak recruiting. I would say it was a great week of spreading the Cowley brand across the country. However, I wasn’t able to watch much college basketball but I was on the road a lot. I did catch a few games and one thing I picked up was the “1-4 High” sets a lot of teams have ran during the tournament.

The first 1-4 High Set Plays was a “1-4 High” look that Stanford ran against Kansas. The 1 will hit the 5. As 5 is catching the ball, 2 and 3 will both be diving to the block. 2 will continue his cut and will set a cross screen for 3; 5’s first look is 3 post up. 4 will then find 2’s defender and set a down screen. If 2’s defender helps on the cross screen, 2 will be wide open for a three. Some team will switch the cross screen between 2 and 3. If that is the case, 2 will act like he is going to set the cross screen for 3 but will cut right back to the ball. 3 will be the one who comes off the down screen for a shot.

The second play of the 1-4 High Set Plays is one I put together. Similar to the first play, 1 will hit 5. 2 and 3 will both dive to the blocks. 2 will set a cross screen for 3. 5’s first look is 3 posting up. 4 will set a down screen for 2. 5 will dribble towards 2 for a dribble hand off. As soon as 5 hands the ball off to 2, 4 and 5 will set a staggered screen for 3. 2 is looking to create but if he doesn’t have anything, he will hit 3 for a shot. If 3 doesn’t have a shot, 4 and 5 will set a baseline screen for 1. 1 will come off looking for a shot.

Adam Short begins his first year as an assistant men’s basketball coach at Cowley College. Short grew up in Indiana and was a First-Team All-Conference selection as a senior at Lake Central High School. He went on to attend Joliet (Ill) Junior College and helped the team to a NJCAA Division III national runner-up finish, while being named First-Team All-Conference and a two-time Region 4 Player of the Week. After Joliet, Short spent his final two years of college basketball playing at NAIA school Avila University in Kansas City, MO. At Avila, he scored more than 1,000 points in his career and earned all-conference honors each year at the school. He graduated from Avila in 2011 with a Bachelor’s degree in English with an emphasis in writing. Short then served as a graduate assistant coach with the Avila men’s basketball team from 2011-2013, and earned a Masters degree in Organizational Development in 2013. He also spent the past two years working with MoKan Nike Elite Youth Basketball League out of Kansas City, MO. His job duties consisted of coaching, scouting, and breaking down film.