PROTEAS CAMPS
proteas hoop lab Camp 2026
PROTEAS CAMPS
proteas hoop lab Camp
LEVEL UP YOUR GAME For every young player who aims high: sharpen your skills, build your basketball IQ, and develop a winner's mindset.
The Proteas Hoop Lab Camp is back for its third edition, offering three intensive four-day sessions at a high level of training.
As every year, we welcome elite coaches with extensive experience in international basketball, from the NBA and Europe’s top leagues, for a camp designed and directed by Manos Manouselis, Academy Technical Director and Head Coach of the Proteas men’s team.
Through specialized coaching and purposeful drills, young players develop their individual skills, deepen their understanding of the game, and take their play to the next level in just four days.
Together with the Proteas coaching staff, we are building an exceptional team that will make the summer of 2026 an unforgettable experience for every young player lucky enough to be part of it!
Over 12 days, from July 7 to July 19, Coaches Mallon, Davis, and Cook, under the coordination of Manos Manousselis, Technical Director of the Proteas Academy, will work from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM to systematically build each child’s comprehensive individual tactics, enabling them to achieve high goals and play the game with a “winner’s” mentality, both offensively and defensively!
The Proteas Hoop Lab Camp is conducted in three periods:
Camp Periods
- Period A: Wednesday, July 1 – Saturday, July 4, 2026
- Period B: Monday, July 6 – Thursday, July 9, 2026
- Period C: Friday, July 10 – Tuesday, July 14, where Sunday 12/07 is rest-day
Hours for all periods: 09:00 – 15:00
Pricing
Each period separately: €240
Periods A + B: €450
Periods A + B + C: €650
An Elite Coaching Team at Proteas Hoop Lab
Larry Davis
Larry Davis has made history at the highest level of U.S. college basketball, having coached eight (!!!) Number 1 NBA Draft Picks in his career! He has been associated with the University of Cincinnati and Furman University in an impressive career spanning over a quarter of a century. His specialty is mentoring guards who want to elevate their game!
Tim Mallon
Tim Mallon captured the hearts of everyone who experienced him up close at last year’s Hoop Lab, and it’s a great joy and honor to have him back this year. He is a Head Coach with vast experience in Australia, having won 4 FIBA World Championships with the Australian National Youth Men’s Team. He possesses extensive coaching and pedagogical experience in youth departments, mentoring in psychological management, and has worked with teams like NZ Breakers NBL, Brisbane Bullets NBL, and Altria Chiba Japan Pro League.
Mark Cook
Mark Cook will be joining the two coaches, who has had a significant and continuous career in the NCAA, with notable stints as Head Coach of the women’s teams at Nichols State and Lillard universities.
Mark Cook
Manos Manouselis
The Hoop Lab will be managed by Manos Manouselis, Technical Director of Proteas Voulas, who has extensive coaching experience in Greece and abroad (China, Middle East, Cyprus), having coached from national team levels to the EuroLeague.
He has the ability and talent to elevate both players and teams he undertakes, but most importantly, to transfer his love and passion for basketball to young athletes!
Proteas Hoop Lab Camp returns for a third consecutive year and this summer it comes with a fresh concept that develops progressively across three four-day periods. Each period has its own focus, but the three periods are connected like chapters of the same book: we start from the foundations of one-on-one play and we build all the way up to a full five-on-five game across the entire court.
In the first period, we focus on One on One and Shooting. We work on footwork, strength and conditioning, and offensive moves after dribble or after pass, while at the same time we build individual defense both on the ball and off the ball. Our goal is for the athlete to learn how to make decisions quickly and read correctly what the defense or the offense is giving them, in conditions that simulate real game environment — with a shot clock running and a score on the board to add pressure.
The second period is dedicated to Decision Making and 3-Point Shooting. We analyse the technique of long-range shooting from the very beginning — stance, how to receive the pass, footwork, release — and we move on to execution under defensive pressure and in specific time and score situations. We work on shots after a pass, shots off the dribble, shots coming off screens, and we also teach how to defend effectively against three-point shooters.
In the third and final period, we play the game. Everything our athletes have learned in the first two periods is applied inside real game situations, with more players on the floor. We start with 3 on 3 with offensive advantage and we progressively reach regular 5 on 5 across the full court, working on spacing, timing, off-ball movement and the right defensive mentality every player needs in order to be a positive contributor to their team.
Throughout the camp, four values guide everything we do on and off the court: Perfect Effort, Trust, Togetherness, Accountability.
The Proteas Hoop Lab is coordinated, once again, by Manos Manouselis, Academies Technical Director and Head Coach of the Proteas Men’s Team. As every year, we host coaches with significant international basketball experience — the names of this year’s coaching staff will be announced soon.
Period A
07.07-10.07
24’’ Basketball Camp
Main objectives:
Individual tactics in the attack in the first 8”: Rhythm, Sprint
- Box out and securing the defensive rebound
- Side sprint and rim runner
- First pass rebounder
- Transferring the ball to a threatening position in 3 seconds
- User and rebounder working together
- Attack with lay up
- Force the defense to foul
- Pass – cut – substitution
- Looking for the open player
Individual tactics on defense in the first 8 minutes
No lay-ups, no free three-point shots
- Communication, talking on defense
- Stop the ball
- We fill the basket
- We push the ball to the rim
- Prevent any kind of penetration
- We all sprint to get back on defense
Period B
11.07-15.11
24’’ Basketball Camp
Main objectives:
Individual tactics in defence in the next 8” (8”-16”)
Calm – reading – discipline – spacing
- Screens to create a gap in the defence
- Ready to cut into the back of the defense.
- The ball moves quickly from outside to inside
- The ball moves from one side of the court to the other
- Looking for every opportunity for a layup
- Next option is the three-point free throw.
- Last resort is the mid-range shot
Individual tactics on defense in the next 8 minutes (8”-16”’)
Eight seconds of personal responsibility
- Ball pressure to avoid reading the defense
- We don’t give the center
- We don’t take risks to steal the ball
- Jump to the ball on every pass
- Long close out against three-point shooters
- We’re ready to defend as a team
Period C
16.07-19.07
24’’ Basketball Camp
Main objectives:
Individual tactics in attack in the last 8” (16” – 24”)
Paint touch, let’s go to the free throw line
- Go hard to the basket to shut down the defense
- We want to pass under the basket (deep catch)
- Then we look for every type of penetration
- We make good screens
- Ready to take mid-range shots
- We keep our composure when time is running out
- We look at the clock at 24
- We know how much time we have
- We want to win foul shots.
- Whatever happens on offense, we come back on defense.
Individual tactics on defense in the last 8 seconds (16 to 24)
Eyes on the ball, we all defend together.
- Pressure on the ball at the foul line
- Changing screens on the ball
- Play from the front in the low post
- If a gap is created by dribbling, we give help.
- The goal of the defense is to make every shot under pressure
- Go with five players on the rebound
Information
Proteas Hoop Lab Camp is addressed to boys and girls with basketball experience, born between 2008 and 2014.
To register for the Proteas Hoop Lab Camp, an online registration form must be sent to helpdesk.proteasvoulas@gmail.com
An athlete’s health card or medical certificate of participation is required
Given the limited places at the camp, there will be a strict first come, first served basis.For the best and most complete athletic transition to the highest level, it is recommended that athletes participate in all 3 sessions.
The Proteas Hoop Lab Camp is also addressed to children outside the Proteas Club of Voula.
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