Continuous Shuffle Offense by Wes Kosel

Written by Wes Kosel

Wes Kosel will enter his first season as an Assistant Coach at Augustana University under Tom Billeter in 2016-2017. Kosel came to Sioux Falls after two season at Colorado College as the lead assistant. Kosel, a native of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, served as an assistant coach at Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference rival Texas Lutheran University from 2012-2014. Kosel graduated from the University of Kansas in 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in exercise science. He also has a master’s degree in physical education from the University of Houston. While attending Kansas, Kosel served as an assistant coach at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas. A life-long student of the game, Kosel honed his coaching skills by working summer camps for various programs in Texas, Colorado, Missouri, and New Mexico. Kosel also is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) and a Certified Personal Trainer, both of which are certifications earned through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). Kosel and his wife, Molly, live in Colorado Springs.

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October 14, 2016

Continuous Shuffle Offense by Wes Kosel

This offense can be used at any level and is great against man or zone defenses. The basic setup is to get to an overload set (which can be done in a variety of ways) and then run continuous shuffle action screens. The play can be manipulated to have whoever you want inside setting the screen, and you can also be creative with the player at the top of the key if you want to switch who is the reverse man. Once the team is in an overload set (ball up top, one player on the wing, one in the corner, and one on the block), the ball is reversed to the weak side wing. As soon as the wing player gets the ball (player 5 in frame 2), 4 sets a shuffle screen for 2 who cuts to the opposite block and looks for a quick post up. If 2 isn’t open, he simply steps out to the corner. After screening, 4 flashes to the ball-side elbow and looks for the high post pass. To switch it up, 2 can also bump the shuffle screen sending 4 to the block and 2 to the high post. This will make 2 the screener inside instead of 4 for the rest of the play.

At Colorado College, we called this action “badger” with a player stepping out from the block to set a back screen for the wing player. Against a zone defense, the screen has to be adjusted to whoever is guarding the wing player (sometimes it will be the low defender and other times it will be the top guard. 4 then flashes to the open spot in the middle of the zone looking to get the high post pass.