Temple Quick Hitter
In my short coaching career, I have worked for defensive minded coaches. At Avila and at Cowley, we pride ourselves on getting stops and taking team completely out of what they like to do on the offensive end. At both schools, we want to deny the wings when we are one pass away. At Avila, we wanted to completely take away the pass. We would straddle the offensive player’s top leg. At Cowley, we want to keep our man on top of our feet making them catch the ball towards half court if we can’t get a deflection. As a young coach, I have been thinking about quick hitters against future opponents that will want to deny the wings. “Temple” is a play that will force 3’s defender to be vulnerable for the back door because this play will put the him on an island and will take away the help side “D”. This play starts off with 1 dribbling to the left wing, free throw line extended. 2 will already be on his way to set the cross screen for 3. We want to set this cross screen because it will force 3’s defender to help on the cross screen for just a second. After 3’s defender helps on the screen, he will sprint as hard as he can to deny 3 on the right wing. It is impossible for him to defend the back door. All his momentum will be going up the lane line. After 2 comes off the cross screen from 3, 2 will fly through the elevator screen from 4 and 5. This will completely take away the help side “D”. If for some reason 3’s defender is able to guard the back door, 1 will be able to hit 3 for a shot. This is a great play to run at the beginning of the game or at the start of the second half. Most teams that like to deny the wings are over aggressive and vulnerable at these times. I would love feedback on this play.
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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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