The Mental Side of Shooting Development with NBA Shooting Coach Dave Love

Square your shoulders to the basketball, tuck that elbow in, ten toes facing the rim, don't let that guide hand interfere with your shot! When I think of shooting development, like many other I focus on the physical side of things, correcting form, energy transfer, fluid motion, eliminating that funky footwork etc but there's so much more to it than that. I asked NBA Shooting Coach Dave Love onto the podcast because I wanted to delve into the mental side of what he does. How does he gain a players trust at the start of a process? How do you teach a player that it's alright to miss? What's the basketball equivalent of a swing thought? And is our current mindset behind shooting holding us back from hitting percentages that we thought unimaginable in previous generations? Dave was super kind with his time and if you're an NBA nerd I really think you'll enjoy our conversation. Please Like, Subscribe and Share this episode if you enjoyed! Follow The Drop Step Podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/show/6y7i6Tgsp1vQYELsZzZ2Ni Make sure to check out Dave's podcast here:  https://open.spotify.com/show/5Kw3RfiWONxiSFSlGAdDgV Subscribe to Dave's Youtube channel here:  https://www.youtube.com/@CoachDaveLove Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices