Rio Olympics – Australia Set Plays vs. USA

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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August 15, 2016

Rio Olympics – Australia Set Plays vs. USA by Wes Kosel

Australia is 4-1 in the Olympics with the only loss coming to USA in a hard-fought match. Australia started the Olympics with wins against France and Serbia before losing to the United States. Since then, Australia beat China and Venezuela to close out group play. In the game against the United States, Patty Mills led Australia in scoring with 30 points. Matthew Dellavedova had 11 assists and 6 rebounds. Australia secured the number two seed from Group A and will play the third seed from Group B on Wednesday.

This team is full of NBA talent including Patty Mills, Andrew Bogut, Matthew Dellavedova, Joe Ingles, and Aron Baynes.

The video below shows some set plays used by the Boomers against Team USA (click the link to view the video).

Australia Offense Video

Australia Offense vs. USA

Backcut Loop

Patty Mills does a great job of making long, hard cuts. By doing so, he creates spacing for his teammates and creates scoring opportunities off of back cuts. Mills makes an initial back cut into the lane then loops around to the other side of the floor. Instead of using the down screen from Bogut, Mills makes a second back cut to the rim for a layup.

Australia Set Plays

Boomer Wrap

Here is another example of Mills making hard cuts to help his team score. He passes to Bogut then cuts around him for a handoff. However, Bogut keeps it and passes to Mills on the back cut to the rim.

Australia Set Plays

Overload Knicks

Australia kept going back to this play bringing the ball up the floor. The guard on the ball side clears out making space for the point guard to work off of the Knicks (step up) ball screen.

Australia Set Plays