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Challenge Yourself To Get Better
There are great stories every year about players trying to add new wrinkles to their game. Jordan and his fall-away. Kobe working with Hakeem on his post moves. At the end of long season it is a good idea to … Continue reading →
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Tagged basketball, coach love, dave love, OKC Thunder, shooting, technique, University of Calgary
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Gearing Up
Welcome back to the blog everyone. I’ve had a busy July and thought I would fill you in with the things I’ve been up to. In late June I travelled to Orlando to work with DeShawn Stevenson of the Dallas … Continue reading →
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Tagged basketball, coach love, dallas mavericks, dave love, deshawn stevenson, lou amundson, shooting, technique
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It’s Nothing Personal
I helped out with a free agent mini camp for the Oklahoma City Thunder in the summer of 2009. The players at this camp were all good players that were a step or an opportunity away from making it to … Continue reading →
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Tagged Aaron Miles, basketball, coach, coach love, dave love, Jayhawks, Kansas, love, OKC, Oklahoma City, practice, shooting, technique, Thunder
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The Ball Tells The Truth
I learn something every time I talk to my mentor, Chip Engelland. He is a great teacher. He has a skill for keeping things simple, and is extremely generous. Here is an interview Chip did with the blog “48 minutes … Continue reading →
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Tagged basketball, chip engelland, coach love, dave love, facebook, interview, love, shooting, technique, twitter
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Duke Summer Camp
I helped coach a Duke University summer camp in the summer of 2002. They had 47 coaches, 600 players, and 14 courts in 4 different gyms. Coach K was present for every minute of the camp. Each night all the … Continue reading →
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Tagged All-American, basketball, Coach K, coach love, dave love, duke, Jason Williams, love, shooting, technique
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Pierce Improves
Paul Pierce was always a good free throw shooter. Year after year he was over 75% which is about average for the NBA and some years over 80% which is good. He seemed comfortable with his right foot on the … Continue reading →
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Tagged balance, basketball, celtics, coach love, dave love, feet, foot position, free throw, love, NBA, paul pierce, shooting, technique
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Give Us Your Questions
A big part of why we are doing this blog is to answer your questions about shooting. We would like your feedback, questions, thoughts, stories and anecdotes. In the near future we will also be having contests and giveaways via … Continue reading →
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Tagged basketball, coach love, dave love, love, questions, shooting, stories, technique
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Amar’e-izing Lou’s Shot
The first summer that I worked with Louis Amundson we did most of our workouts outside of Phoenix. By the time we got to training camp I had not met any of the other players. Training camp was in San … Continue reading →
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Tagged amare, coach love, dave love, lou amundson, louis amundson, love, phoenix suns, shooting, stoudemire, Suns, technique, training camp
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Love for Pau Gasol
At clinics that I do we will usually talk for a couple minutes about players that we think have nice shots. The names are pretty universal from city to city: Steve Nash, Ray Allen, and Kobe Bryant. One name that … Continue reading →
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Tagged balance, basketball, best, celtics, coach love, dave love, form follow through, free throw, kobe bryant, lakers, love, pau gasol, ray allen, shooting, steve nash, Suns, technique
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Zero Minutes Played – One Assist
I thought for this post I would keep it fun and tell a story that I love. The first game that I attended after I started working with the Phoenix Suns I ended up up sitting with Phoenix GM Steve … Continue reading →
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Tagged assist, coach love, damon stoudamire, dave love, kerr, love, minutes, steve kerr, story, Suns, Trailblazers, zero
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