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    BEIJING 2008 OLYMPICS (MEN) Australia

    Download Organizer File AUSTRALIA MEN’S OLYMPIC BASKETBALL, 2008 Team Characteristics Balanced team with good team identify. Equal scoring comes from the perimeter and post areas. High and low ...


    AUSTRALIA
    MEN’S OLYMPIC BASKETBALL, 2008

    Team Characteristics
    Balanced team with good team identify. Equal scoring comes from the perimeter and post areas.
    High and low post players are the target of most possessions. Posts are good passers out of the
    post, giving guards freedom to space up and receive passes. Mix up their defenses to keep the
    offense off balance which eats up shot clock time. Aggressiveness defensive effort leads to easy
    baskets in transition.

    Offensive Tendencies
    Most of the offense runs through high scoring post players. Half court offense and sets are focused
    on feeding the post. After feeding the post, perimeter players space the floor for return passes out of
    the post. Isolation is a part of their attack, using posts alone on one side of the floor to score in the
    block area or mid post. Half of the offense is generated from on ball screening action usually from
    the double high post initial set.

    Transition
    Quick, aggressive guards push the ball and create scoring on the break. Very good in transition after
    turnovers or long rebounds. Point guard will throw ahead, use quick on ball screen on the top of the
    floor, or throw directly into the post. A pass ahead to the wing is followed by an on ball screen and
    roll or step back by the post.

    Set Plays
    1. Hand off, reversal, back cut for lob pass.
    2. Down screen, baseline runner, post up.
    3. Back screen, cross screen, slip to high post.
    Out of Bounds
    Starting in a ball side double stack the ball is reversed and thrown into the weak side post player.
    Side out of bounds plays flow into set plays after ball reversal. The shuffle cut/back screen
    combination is common after ball reversal. The three across set attempts to free a shooter in the ball
    side corner.

    Team Defense
    A combination of defenses keeps the offense off balance. Full court pressure comes in form of man
    to man and zone. Their defense begins after made field goal or free throw and they will pick up man
    to man after missed shots also. Trapping areas are just before and over the mid court line. In the half
    ourt they will trap on ball screens and any hand offs.