Scouting Report – Zone Set Plays

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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September 25, 2016

Scouting Report – Zone Set Plays by Wes Kosel

Here are some zone set plays that I drew up doing a scouting report of a conference opponent last season at Colorado College. This was just a part of the scouting report, but featured the zone set plays and zone baseline out-of-bounds plays from the opposing team that I had seen in watching game film. The scout sample includes seven plays (two BLOB’s). To help our players understand the zone sets and how it works against the defense, I often include defensive players on the diagram (x1, x2, x3, x4, and x5). To prepare using the scout, we would hand these reports out during film and watch the most used plays from the opponent. After going over the personnel, offensive and defensive tendencies, and statistics, I usually talked through a few of the diagrams (ones that we are highlighting on film or that we are going to walk through on the court. In walk through, it can help to have a scout team offense (or defense) to run the other team’s stuff.

Scouting Report – Zone Set Plays

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Zone 1-4 Dive and Drag

This is a very effective set play that starts in a 1-4 high, overloads the right side of the floor, then uses a drag and pin action to get a shot on the wing.

Zone Runner

This play also overloads the floor looking for a shot in the corner.

Zone Stack

This can confuse teams with the post stack inside. As 4 ducks in, 5 is often unguarded.

Zone 4 Out

Simple action here that works in the zone gaps.

Zone 9

Ball screen against the zone to try to get two players to guard one.

Zone BLOB High 4

5 looks to dive to a gap for a layup.

Zone BLOB

With the guards pulling out, often the defense goes with leaving 4 open.

Click on the pdf link below to download the Zone Scout Plays:

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