Mid-America University Lob Play by Adam Short

Written by Coach Peterman

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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Basketball Set Plays

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October 18, 2013

Mid-America University Lob Play

When I was at Avila, we got this lob play from our rivals Mid-America University. They ran this play for Jacob French at the beginning of the second half. French got an “And One” dunk as a result of running this play correctly. I feel like this play changed the course of the whole game.

To me, this is a great play to run in the beginning of the second half. If your team is down, this play can breathe some life into you. If your team is winning, this play can really discourage your opponent.

The play starts off with the 4 man setting a ball screen for 1. 1 is looking to drag 4’s defender. 5 will set a cross screen for 2. 5 will then sprint to the right side corner. After 4 sets the ball screen for 1, 4 has to set this play up to be effective. 4 will act like he is going to set a down screen for 3. 4 will call 3’s name out and wave him up as if he is setting the down screen. You want 4’s defender to help on the “down screen” for just a second. 3 will cut hard up to the top of the key. As soon as 3 gets passed 4, 2 is coming to set a back screen on 4’s man. If 4 sets the decoy up properly, 4’s defender will never see the back screen coming. 1 is looking to throw it up and let 4 make a play on it. I love this play because it is a momentum changer. This play only works if your players screen.

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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.

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