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How To Train NBA and College Basketball Players at 24yo: Danny Cooper | Growth Street Podcast Ep. 15

August 05, 2024 • Darsh Patel • Season 1 • Episode 15

On today’s episode of The Growth Street Podcast, I sit down with Danny Cooper, a 24-year old basketball trainer for NBA athletes, college student-athletes, as well as K-12 individuals. We discuss a wide variety topics focused primarily on entrepreneurship, passions, and success. We emphasize heavily how different influences such as parents, social media, and society plays a role in career development, especially when it comes to chasing a dream.

Key themes include the roles of your environment and the people around you, building and paying a team within a company, and the importance of relationships and client friendships in business. We also explore Danny’s story from being a basketball student athlete to now traveling across the world to places like Vietnam and Iceland to coach and train the next generation of aspiring athletes. This engaging conversation offers valuable advice for young dreamers and entrepreneurs, highlighting the importance of passion, people, and persistence.

Learn more about Danny Cooper:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dcoopbball/?hl=en

Website: https://www.dannycooperbasketball.com/

X: https://x.com/dcoopbball?lang=en

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DannyCooperBasketball/featured

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro To Danny

1:14 Basketball Beginnings

4:51 Parents Influence

5:31 Business Start

10:24 Following Passions

15:15 Establishing Credibility