Episode 102: Mike Procopio, Dominate Simple

Episode 102: Mike Procopio, Dominate Simple Guest: Mike Procopio, Director at the Hoop Consultants  In this week’s basketball coaching conversation, director at the Hoop Consultants Mike Procopio joins the Basketball Podcast to discuss how to dominate simply in basketball player development. Mike served as a player development coach, and the directory of player development for the Dallas Mavericks from 2013-2019.  Among his many achievements, Procopio served as a Strategic Game Management Coach for Kobe Bryant from 2009-2012, breaking down his game film as well as giving him insight on upcoming opponents. Bryant won two NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers during the four-year period. “He’s my Jack Bauer,” said Bryant in a 2010 Sports Illustrated article. “He gave me all the edits and scouting reports and wrote defensive rotations of the Celtics. He was my eyes and ears, so when I played the game I’d use all the scouting reports and all the information. And it was huge for me.” In addition to working with Bryant, Procopio served as an NBA Player Development Coach with ATTACK Athletics from 2003-2013 and was an assistant coach for the Maine Red Claws of the NBA Development League (now known as the G League) from 2009-2010. He has also worked at several Nike Grassroots Basketball Camps and Skills Academies both in the USA and China since 1996. Breakdown 1:00 - 100 Possession NBA Game 2:30 - Dominate Simple 6:00 - Player-Led Stuff 11:00 - Best Shot at the Rim that is not a Layup 13:00 - One-Foot vs Two-Foot 14:00 - Floaters 17:00 - Shot Outside of the Body 19:00 - Weak hand dominance  20:30 - Initiating the contact 23:00 - Shot Fakes for Younger Players 26:00 - Shot Fake 28:30 - Stab Dribble 30:00 - Philosophy About Shooting 33:00 - One-Foot Layups 34:30 - Understanding Change of Feet 35:00 - Keeping eyes on the players on workouts 38:00 - Repetition and Correction 43:00 - Strength and Conditioning 47:00 - Biggest Takeaways Working with Rick Carlisle 49:00 - Insights from watching Dirk Nowitski 53:00 - Routine 56:00 - Conclusion Mike Procopio’s Bio Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-procopio-2a892227 Twitter: https://twitter.com/HoopConsultants  Website: https://hoopconsultants.com/     Basketball Immersion Website: http://basketballimmersion.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/bballimmersion?lang=en YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/basketballimmersion Facebook: https://facebook.com/basketballimmersion Best in the West Video Series Best in the West Website: http://bestinthewestclinic.com/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.