Pro Hop - Ultimate Guide (Unstoppable Basketball Finish)

Pro Hop (Hop Step) is a great finish for basketball players who are good off 2 feet.
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This video will show you
- When to Pro Hop
- How to Pro Hop
- How to Finish after a Pro Hop
- How to Protect the Ball on your Pro Hop
- Details, Tips, Counters and More.
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[@CesarAlvarez-pl5sm]

This Is so underrated

[@rogeandojar5159]

My favorite moves😋😎

[@humid3208]

can someone explain why a hop step isn’t a travel??

[@shaunperez4618]

True

[@megadeth101]

@@humid3208 it is a travel. but it's done so smoothly that travel is not called

[@hellozello8233]

@@megadeth101 nah

[@marcusmorgan1361]

Best basketball channel by far NO DEBATING. THE KNOWLEDGE YOU GIVE IS INSANE, and it's all things that make you better instantly (next game/next practice) please keep feeding the "public, youth, adults, coaches, trainers and players". You're Well appreciated bro. 🙌🏾💪🏾💣🏀🎯

[@DarkVoid69420]

fr

[@nickcalash151]

let me tell you, I’m ass at basketball but this move really works for me. when two defenders are there neither of them expects you to just jump straight through the gap

[@Mattwashereig]

I’m surprised to only see 7.7k. this video helped me a lot more then other videos

[@Miscreant777]

Great content as always. Would love a step by step slowmo/freeze frame breakdown of where to step and when to gather for the purposes of replicating these moves. Look forward to more

[@troveteam]

Put on 0.25x speed

[@d0nchik_fpv]

I recently learned how to do this move. It’s very simple and dangerous. Thank you for your work! Appreciate it!

[@robertcane7432]

Your channel and By Any Means have THE BEST breakdowns.

[@CoachFrikki]

Appreciate it brother. Love making these breakdowns.

[@BrownPaperBag02]

Most of these are travels. A jump stop, you have to land on two feet can’t land on just the one.

[@lucascam9212]

This is my go to move. Works literally every time

[@TheRyanCL]

thank you for going straight into it instead of having a whole dam intro love it!

[@Legacyking32]

After watching this I’m definitely gonna practice my hop step

[@blkwd104]

Jesus loves you.

[@matthewharwell2408]

No cap

[@miyagi-masters143]

❤️

[@jjcraig2139]

Right ❤

[@txmi1k]

Yessir

[@xpuv37]

Amen

[@davonbenson4361]

The most underrated offensive move.

[@esotericguru7111]

On God works almost all the time.

[@stolensentience]

worth pointing out that landing on both feet simultaneously is the difference between one and two steps so as to avoid a travel if you pivot into or out of it

[@faithtonle5767]

Thank you so much! i have a game at 6 against the best team in my league and i would LOVE to try this out!

[@doridori727]

Definitely adding this to my bag

[@miyagi-masters143]

Thank you so much Coach Frikki for all you do and share with us. When I woke up this morning I had no idea what a pro hop is and now I am starting to master it 💪💪🔥🔥🏀🏀. Thank you Coach

[@Ace.Hoops1]

Is this not a up and down?

[@stevenhoang2246]

So detailed, I love it!

[@GojoStiglitz]

I used this move to get out of Gamestop with my PS5

[@stolensentience]

truly an epic gamer moment

[@stolensentience]

dwade the best all time at that high gather pro hop. he’s also the second greatest sg in my book don’t @ me

[@Darth_Aizen]

Most unguardable yet most underutilized move in basketball. My prob hop is literally unstoppable 😂 I hop HIGH on my life flying to the ceiling it's so OP it makes u instantly wanna call travel it just looks like way too much hahahaha I can't be stopped on it tho. Defense always gotta help and I still finish or make the easy dot

[@bilalarif7841]

First video I’ve seen you. Automatic sub. Such a well done video.

[@CoachFrikki]

Thank you sir - hope you like my other vids too 😎

[@WPachy18]

This is my go to finishing move cause i have long arms and strong frame so i can “spread” and cut through defenders

[@mo-rose-ic]

very elaborate, descriptive video. More examples than in other pro-hop videos. The only thing that struck me in all of the videos: no fixed statement about travel. It is logical: landing with both feet at the same time is not travel. But what if you land with the jumping leg first and only then follow the other? There are videos that clearly explain this as travel and there are videos in which this is not an issue (like in this video). For me, the latter clearly seems to be a travel, which is a shame, because tracking the second foot brings an enormous advantage, because you can continue to swing forward, unlike when landing with both feet at the same time, which is almost like stopping

[@CoachFrikki]

Thanks for the reply, a great point. On 90% of pro-hops the jumping leg lands a split second earlier. Should not be called in my opinion because biomechanically it's the safest and most efficient way to decelerate. Landing with both feet at the exactly same time can be very dangerous for your knees, look at D-Roses injury. In the NBA they call it if it's obvious. They would probably call the move on 1:58 (jumping leg clearly lands first and he gains an advantage from it) but let everything else slide. It's similar to jabbing right before driving right out of the triple threat. Technically a travel because the pivot lifts a split second before you release the dribble from your hand. But you don't call it because everyone does it and the move is already ingrained in basketball culture, players at all stages do it every day and making it illegal would be impossible.

[@mo-rose-ic]

@@CoachFrikki Yes, a good point with the current implementation of the triple threat ... On the Pro-Hop: very attentive note that the move that led to D'Rose knee injury in 2011 was, of all things, a Pro-Hop ... and still in execution just like I rehearsed it in my skill set! Rose is one of my favorite players (see profile name), but I wasn't even aware that it was this move that tore his knee, so thanks for the attention ... I'm not going to do the move from now on do more with both feet at the same time in the landing, but a little bit delayed when landing, because of the danger to the knees mentioned and because I agree with you that it does not need to be whistled if you do not land at the same time. So ... now I'll watch your video about the spin moves, which is also one of my absolute favorites moves to do (the LeBron variant) Danke

[@cptfwiffo]

Exactly right. So practice to land on your *other* leg. The disadvantage is that you'll have to rotate your body and hips, possibly the other way round. Or, you try to land on both. But landing on a single leg gives a huge advantage in mobility -- you can land 'unevenly' to change your momentum in a different direction. That is much harder to do when landing on two feet (you still can, but it requires much more control -- it is much easier to land on one foot off-center, 'fall down' and when you've got the angle you want, drop the other foot to stabilize, and then use that other foot to jump off again)

[@narrek6600]

great stuff you've broken down every aspect of how to deal with certain situations for this move thanks Coach

[@Ahmettpk0]

My favorite channel

[@bluechip6619]

This video was amazing IDK how it only got 7.7K!!!

[@bryllevila4815]

3:31 Lol he is stuck 😂

[@esotericguru7111]

One of the greatest basketball moves.

[@crackhead6664]

wish i have discovered this channel before, love your vids

[@sfnick81]

Love your videos, great content very useful using player visuals to help us see the moves executed in game versus someone explaining it and doing moves without a defender.

[@truelightpoolsllc4441]

Outstanding video! I love the many examples shown in real gameplay!

[@ICapCenn]

i realized i needed this yesterday i played twos and ppl always playing the ball rather they’re defender thankss for the tips and tricks

[@thespeedster7700]

U got a sub!!!! Needed this, plz add your voice doe😁

[@CoachFrikki]

Appreciate it my man. To be honest my voice isn't that good and my English is even worse haha 😁. Think I'm keep the audio this way for now.

[@ChrisLance-xt5pt]

love your video!!!!!! It help me a lot!!!👍👍👍

[@bobbyyranger150]

Reallly really good advice n examples

[@AlstonMurray2005]

I really appreciate this video bro!

[@PhantomGlockz]

Nice breakdown on the move and how to do it i understand better❤🔥😊

[@obaino_ani]

Soo detailed, love this. Please help in rebounding

[@jeremyyusiang1139]

Thank you for sharing this kind of videos it help me a lot of playing bassketball❤️🙏💯🔥

[@michaelwhite9288]

I know this has been use by pros for years. However, Technically both feet leave the ground with the ball and you land still with the ball so it’s travel / up and down (what we call in the hood). Think about it. What’s the difference between both feet leaving the ground in a jump shot and not shooting the ball. This move both feet leave the ground while in possession of the ball and you still land with possession of ball. Hop step is really a travel. Iverson and Shaq use to do this a lot but I see ref’s starting to call it now a travel. Which Technically it is. Once you pick the ball up and both feet leave the ground and you don’t release the ball, what would you normally call???

[@CoachFrikki]

You're correct in that jumping off 2 + land off 2 is a travel. Most of the clips jumped off 1 foot though. If you see exactly when the ball was picked up.

[@cptfwiffo]

have you tried doing a one-step layup? and then, instead of letting go of the ball, land on the other foot to extend? (don't do this close to the basket). You'll do a weird layup where your first hop is high, and the second isn't (unless you're really strong). But that is legal -- you just stretch the distance between the first and the second step. The pro hop is essentialy this, but at the gather step: from your gather step, you jump up. You then have 2 steps. That is not that weird of a layup, just push off high with your gather step, then do a one-two. That is what this pro-hop is doing. However, the movement is partially sideways, which gives you an incentive to land on the same foot. This would allow you to move further sideways without getting your feet in a tangle. The problem is that you're not allowed to use the same foot consecutively. That is illegal.So you have to land with both feet. You are then still allowed to pivot (and pick your pivot), and thus step through. But it is legal if you do it right.

[@zanequillen3244]

This is probably the most under rated move in the nba. The most similar move to this one is probably James hardens step back. They both create space; this move is more expensive than just a step back type move

[@HoopsWithGT]

i’m gonna try this

[@cptfwiffo]

Although this is about the pro hop, the thing is that half of these are actual travels. Under NBA (and FIBA) you are not allowed to plant the same foot twice in a row. With a *proper* pro hop, you pick up the ball with one foot (gather step), jump off that leg, then land on *both* feet. But it is very handy to do one foot, one foot, other foot (since you can keep your jump leg close to the ground, land on it and use the momentum to change direction, allowing your other leg to then land and stabilize for a good finish). However, that is effectively doing left-left-right (or right-right-left). Which is not allowed. With many of these moves, it's *all* about the footwork. When do you pick up the ball, when do you place your feet, which feet follows which. etc. As a fiba referee a lot of (young) players try to use this move, and do it wrong.

[@CoachFrikki]

Good points. The thing is - that as your pro hop gets longer/higher and more explosive, your "wrong leg" (the one that makes it a travel) will always hit the ground a split second earlier. Landing with both feet at the same time at high speeds is also bad for your knees. So the pro hop will in my opinion become pretty much extinct from basketball in the coming years.

[@dgthefirst3924]

Appreciate the amazing breakdown 👏🏾

[@kew20000]

this is amazing

[@masonCOBwing]

Nubs used to try to call me for traveling for doing this lol, so underrated

[@Burntsugaqueen]

Good video👏🏾👏🏾 very thorough

[@LiveGadah]

Thanks coach 👍🏼 great video

[@rowellasejo5420]

Wow i love your content man i am using all these in a game atkeast once or twice😁

[@niranjandeo7010]

Love this channel

[@ghostwriter991]

What's a pro hop eurostep and Yugo step kindly make a video because I loved this video

[@CoachFrikki]

I'm gonna make a video on the Euro step soon. Yugo step isn't good for many situations + and NBA+FIBA calls it a travel.

[@johnathann.77]

Great vid keep making more of these

[@danielholland8731]

Thank you

[@ace0477]

What a video I’m saving this and ima study this way more often

[@CoachFrikki]

Glad it helped. I have a lot more of other stuff if you liked this one.

[@ace0477]

@@CoachFrikki hey one question, do you think it’s worth hiring a trainer? If so how often should I work with a trainer.

[@CoachFrikki]

@@ace0477 Most trainers I've seen are not good, doing a lot of pointless stuff. You can learn everything from KZbin anyways. If you find a genius trainer and have the money then I'd consider it.

[@carlosbustos336]

A very good video but we must to lend attention with fall in the foot the control ball. We can travel.

[@captainlennyjapan27]

Thank you. This can settle the debates in case someone calls out pro hop as travel.

[@CoachFrikki]

Eh. If you do it explosively (long hop) your "wrong" foot will always land a split second earlier. Leading to it technically being a travel. But in my opinion should not be called unless one foot lands way before the other one.

[@staysmuth]

Is it legal to pivot off a pro hop if you land on two feet

[@___aa2613]

Do you have any advice for a guard entering highschool? How to prepare for tryouts?

[@rodgrodg4hk269]

So many travels in this video. Any time you hop onto the same foot, it's a travel

[@yuan9079]

My fav move..

[@vincentdublin3127]

Can you do this even at higher hops? most of the time, I got called a travel when I hop high.

[@roy87345]

Brilliant

[@marcusdorey5470]

My favourite move fs

[@CptMonstar]

GREAT CONTENT!!!!!

[@CoachFrikki]

Appreciate it brother 😃

[@Kobifans]

So the pivot doesn't consider it as a travel right?

[@dem3127]

The poster Is the hardest to do if your small hieght 5'4-5'8 and a low jumper Sometimes my hop gets called by a travel

[@lunny0166]

Damn he put Malik in this bit

[@xinonamiiumx]

Ok coach today I was kicking ahh but my defender started playing me left and reaching so imma add this move to my bag.

[@NoahBoa_]

cool, but how do you do the move and footwork itself?

[@davonbenson4361]

A pro hop and a floater is a an unstoppable combination.

[@tranewreck123]

drose special

[@JVHooper]

Song name pls? Great vid btw

[@sanchitverma8687]

In your other vid where you rank moves you said its almost always a travel.

[@buddycasas8939]

Great

[@jorgeluque1873]

Do you have to land on both feet at the same time? And is it a travel if you dont

[@ManuelPerez-pf7fz]

Always a crack

[@HOHUNGSINGMoe]

is the euro step better?

[@johnjones8396]

Whats the difference between swing step and hop step?

[@carinolord5133]

After the hop, do I got an extra step ( like for the step trough ) ?

[@myboysanji]

Ty coach! Pro-hop was my go to move coz of AI. I find it easier to execute than a euro step. Does it have more uses in game than a eurostep?

[@CoachFrikki]

Both great finishes. But they're used in very different scenarios. Euro is used on defenders who are very close to the basket. Most often the rim protecting (2nd) help. Go straight at him and by him. Pro-hop is primary used on defenders who are far away from the basket. Most often the 1st help (guy guarding a shooter), Euro is used 5-10x more though.

[@myboysanji]

@@CoachFrikki got it coach! thanks!

[@tranewreck123]

can you jump with 2 feet and land on 1?

[@adebola07]

You mean when you’re about to layup? No, I don’t think you can. After the layup though, landing on one foot is entirely up to you.

[@glengub]

which is better, pro hop or euro?

[@bundit9371]

Can I use pro hop then step through. Is it called travel?

[@tranewreck123]

can you jump off 2 feet and land on 1?

[@CoachFrikki]

You jump off 1 foot and land on 2 when doing a pro hop. Jumping off 2 and landing on 1 is legal but I don't really know of a single situation you'd do that.

[@silentpeasant5600]

Still confusing when u are holding ball then jump and down its called travel. But why its not called as a foul.

[@spidey64dude]

I was playing at the Y yesterday and I saw the perfect opportunity for a hop step but the two people thought it was a travel 🤦‍♂️

[@CoachFrikki]

It's just a jump stop. Let them hear it next time 🤣

[@youngr.j9884]

Wouldn't the ref call a travel if i do a pro hop and use my pivot foot even tho i might do it correctly

[@CoachFrikki]

He might. I wouldn't recommend pivoting after a pro hop.

[@yiwei-cheng]

Great move, but it caused my ACL tear

[@CoachFrikki]

Sorry to hear that.

[@lorenceee9562]

So basically you can pivot after hop step or jump stop?

[@CoachFrikki]

Yup.

[@lorenceee9562]

@@CoachFrikki aight brother appreciate it

[@Bmurph-qm8lx]

I used to use this move along but refs started calling it up and down so I don’t know

[@user-ch6iv2bn2j]

2:53

[@weathrmann6468]

So uhhh yeah nice video but .. how do you “ do “it ? 😅

[@SocraticMind89]

These days the pro hop has been replaced by the euro step

[@shenlonggohan]

Gotta land on 2 at the same time. Even a lot of these examples are blatant hop-steps, which have been prohibited for years.

[@CoachFrikki]

Spot on

[@aldencarlos1414]

You can't do this on pick up streetball games cuz they'll call a travel right away.

[@litesout0_o639]

Exactly

[@waynehsu7950]

5:48 that's a travel

[@Bt-pw5il]

Carmelo anthony hop step

[@user-ch6iv2bn2j]

3:07

[@ilikekoolaid-1341]

can i do this move if theres only one defender but hes in front of me so i would need to hop sideways

[@CoachFrikki]

You can.

[@kedrprao]

If you jump with the ball and land on floor then it is called travelling then why this move is not a travelling?

[@CoachFrikki]

Have you ever heard of a jump stop? This move is just a long jump stop. You CAN jump from 1 feet and land on 2 feet (what everybody in the video does). You CAN NOT jump from 2 feet and land on 2 feet.