Ty Cockfield of Gainesville, Ga., recently committed to Stetson University after a stellar senior year. He helped his Johnson High School team to an undefeated regular season and an Elite 8 appearance in the GHSA tournament. He was named All-Metro 1st team by the Atlanta Tip-Off Club to cap off a terrific senior season.
6′ Combo Guard
Gainesville, Ga.
Johnson High School
Stetson signee
Read Ty’s evaluation from EBA All-American Camp.
STRENGTHS:
-He is terrific in transition where he can get end to end faster than anyone in the gym.
-He uses his body very well to finish in traffic around bigger defenders.
-His jumper is improving with each viewing, making him a dual threat on the offensive end.
Offensive Systems that would fit Cockfield’s skill set:
Up-Tempo/Transition based, Dribble Drive offense
What would Coach Hemi run for Ty Cockfield?
Cockfield had a lot of success at Johnson HS with coach Jeff Steele and the ‘Dribble-Drive’ offense. We drew up a variation of this offense below that would give a coach additional options out of the open post offense.
1. If Ty is the PG in the set below, letting him get downhill where he creates a help situation with the drive is very good (as a coach be aware that you should run this to either side of the floor)
2. Setting a screen away from this action for 3 gives you an additional penetrate and pitch situation with 2 turning the corner off the hand-off.
3. It also sets up a double screen action for Cockfield moving away from 2 attacking the lane. Cockfield would also be effective in the ‘2’ slot as well.
4. Also, if the defense locks into the PG on the double – this creates a potential curl cut around the double as you see in frame 3.
Read More on Cockfield and his achievements this year: COCKFIELD
Jonathan Hemingway is the owner of Coach Hemingway Basketball, Inc. Hemingway is on the Board of Selectors for the Naismith Trophy. He has worked within the basketball community since 1995 as a coach, camp director and journalist. He works as the assistant director of scouting for the JumpOffPlus.com and the OTRHoopsReport.com, which are scouting reports that service over 200 college and universities nationwide. Reach him via email at JonathanHemingway@PeachStateBasketball.com.
