Pro Hop & Power Finish
Use the pro (jump-stop) hop to gather through contact and power the finish.
- Duration
- 12 min
- Steps
- 4
- Equipment
- 3 items
- Difficulty
- Advanced
How to run it
- 1
Drive the lane; gather into a two-foot pro hop into the defender's body.
- 2
Absorb contact, then explode up for a power layup or dunk.
- 3
Practice both sides and the reverse finish off the pro hop.
- 4
10 makes each side.
Coaching points
- The hop gathers through contact — don't avoid it.
- Keep the ball high and chin it on the hop.
- Explode up after the contact, not on the way up.
Equipment
- Basketball
- Rim
- Cones
Why it works
Finishing through contact separates great finishers from good ones. The nugget: the pro hop gathers and loads the legs to power through rim protectors rather than avoiding them. In a game, avoiding contact leads to blocked shots; the pro hop absorbs the defender and finishes through them. A kid who can pro-hop and finish through contact scores in traffic that stops everyone else.
Pro Hop & Power Finish
Purpose: Use the pro (jump-stop) hop to gather through contact and power the finish.
▶How to run it
- 1Drive the lane; gather into a two-foot pro hop into the defender's body.
- 2Absorb contact, then explode up for a power layup or dunk.
- 3Practice both sides and the reverse finish off the pro hop.
- 410 makes each side.
✓Coaching points
- ✓The hop gathers through contact — don't avoid it.
- ✓Keep the ball high and chin it on the hop.
- ✓Explode up after the contact, not on the way up.
▢Equipment
★Why it works
Finishing through contact separates great finishers from good ones. The nugget: the pro hop gathers and loads the legs to power through rim protectors rather than avoiding them. In a game, avoiding contact leads to blocked shots; the pro hop absorbs the defender and finishes through them. A kid who can pro-hop and finish through contact scores in traffic that stops everyone else.