Billy Donovan Florida Ball Screen High-Low Set Play 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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December 19, 2013

Billy Donovan Florida Ball Screen High-Low Set Play by Adam Short

Last season myself and Coach Lefevre who is a grad assistant at Angelo State in Texas start to really study Billy Donovan and his ball screen offense. The Gator’s spacing is second to none and puts the defense at a disadvantage with shooters on the wings. The part I love about their ball screen offense is their high-low looks. Last night, the Florida Gators won a close game against the Memphis Tigers. I liked the high-low play they would run for Patrick Young throughout the course of the game. The pay will start with 2 slicing over the top of 4 and 5’s screen. 5’s defender will have to help on the screen; this will allow the pass from 1 to 5. 3 will sprint to the to the weak side short corner. As soon as 5 catches the ball, 2 will be on a dead sprint to the weak side corner. 1 will run off of 5 for a fake hand off. 4 will set a down screen for 3. 5 will hit 3 with a pass. 5 will immediately set a ball screen for 3. 5 will roll to the basket. 4 will pop to the top of the key. 3 has a few different options when coming off the ball screen. 3 can either get all the way to the basket. 3 can hit 5 rolling to the basket. 3 can hit 4 for a high-low look with 5. Finally, 3 can hit 1 for a shot. If 3 hits 4 and 4 can’t hit 5 for the high-low look, 4 will swing the ball to 2 and will set a ball screen; they will go into their ball screen offense.

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.