Episode 61: Cody Toppert, Player Development And Building An Offense

Episode 61: Cody Toppert, Player Development And Building An Offense Guest: Cody Topper, newly named University of Memphis Tigers Assistant Coach In this week’s basketball coaching conversation, newly named University of Memphis Tigers assistant coach Cody Toppert joins the podcast to discuss player development and the implementation of analytics into building an offense.  Last year, Cody served as the Director of Player Development for the Phoenix Suns. In that role, he created and managed the development plans for Phoenix Suns players. Cody also served as staff liaison to the analytics department, assisting with the creation and implementation of the Suns pre and post-game analytics packets under Head Coach Igor Kokoskov. Cody has G-League experience as a head coach of the Northern Arizona Suns, and as an assistant coach by the Rio Grande Valley Vipers. He was promoted to an assistant coaching position with the Phoenix Suns after one season with Northern Arizona.   Breakdown 1:00 - First to Consider to Build Player's Development Plan 3:00 - Things to do to increase a player's ability to finish at the rim 5:00 - "They Don't Get There" 6:45 - Dance Game 8:40 - Own Your Game 10:00 - Improving One Foot Finish 12:00 - "Script It. Read it. Play it." 14:30 - Coach Cody's Philosophy in Terms of Ratio 15:48 - Simulations 19:00 - Things to Foster Creativity 22:12 - Feedback  25:40 - Analytics on Off The Pass and Off Decisions 27:30 - Quantified Shooter Impact 28:30 - When in Doubt, Take A Bounce 30:30 - Concept of Game Speed 32:30 - Rhythm Related to Skill Execution 34:30 - Things Coach Cody’s Done to Notice the Progress 36:00 - Developing Players 38:00 - Asking Players Questions for their Development 42:34 - Analytics in terms of Building an Offense 44:30 - Number of Passes Leading to Better Percentage of Shots 48:31 - Rebound the Ball Defensively and Get in the Ball Offensively 50:00 - Rim Run  52:30 - Point Guard Push 54:30 - Post at the Rim, Trail at the Slot 57:00 - Talking about Spacing 59:00 - Hand-offs vs ball Screens 1:02:00 - Explaining Rerouting 1:03:00 - One Step Advantage 1:04:30 - The Different Dribble Hand Off-Ball Screen Dribble Pitch Cody Toppert’s Bio Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cody_Toppert Twitter: https://twitter.com/Topp33    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 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.