The Periodization of Shooting Training Workbook — your complete, fill-in-the-blank system for building weekly plans, assigning players to the right phase, and running multi-phase practices with confidence.
It's rarely a lack of reps. Hardworking, well-intentioned coaches run into the same three traps — and players plateau because of it.
High-intent form shooting right before games. Scrimmages all week with no scaffolding. The problem isn't reps — it's mismatched intent.
Coaches live at two extremes — pure form shooting and full scrimmage. The Skill Adaptability Training in between is where real development happens.
Your best shooter and your struggling shooter need different things. The same practice for everyone leaves most players training the wrong way.
You'd never train for a marathon by running one every day.
Every form of training has a purpose and an optimal time — it's why smart strength and endurance coaches periodize. Yet most shooting practice is the same thing daily. Closing that gap is exactly what this workbook does.
If you've read the free guide, you understand the framework. This workbook is where you build your actual plan. You won't just walk away with ideas — you'll finish with a complete micro-cycle you can implement with your team right away.
Adapted from Dr. Fabian Otte's Periodization of Skill Training (PoST) research and applied to shooting — from Movement Coordination through Performance Training.
It's not magic — it's structure. Here's the move from busy practice to purposeful practice.
Why periodization matters, what most coaches miss, and how planned variation beats raw volume.
What makes each phase unique — purpose, timing, and common mistakes for MCT, SAT-MV, SAT-CT, SAT-TBT, and PT.
The 4-bucket system to match each shooter to the right phase based on their current level — not overall ability.
Build your weekly schedule around games, with example weeks for 1-game, 2-game, and youth schedules.
Run multi-phase practices using station-based and segment-based approaches — individualize within team constraints.
The plan is a guide. Learn when and how to adapt based on what you see in practice and games.
Print them — or annotate them on your tablet — then plan iteratively: write, cross out, refine. These are the tools that turn the framework into your team's actual practice plan.
Instead of handing you drills, this workbook teaches the principles that let you understand what makes a drill fit a phase, modify drills you already use, and create your own — at the right time, for the right player.
Dave Love is an NBA shooting coach whose proven, science-driven methods are trusted by professional teams, elite programs, and coaches around the world.
This workbook distills the same periodization framework he uses at the highest level — including individualized plans he's currently building with an NBA organization — into a practical, step-by-step planning tool any coach can run, whether you're working with a pro roster or a youth team.
The same shooting-development approach behind this workbook — in the words of the NBA players, pro skill coaches, and college programs who have worked with Dave.
Coach Love helped me build new habits that unlocked the potential in my game and grew my confidence. He laid out a process that helped me improve 30% from the free throw line in one season.
Coach Love helped me improve 20% from the FT line in one season and set the stage for becoming a reliable 3-point shooter. He teaches you what to do and why — but also the drills to learn how.
We needed to become more efficient in helping our players' shooting, and Coach Love exceeded expectations. There wasn't a question that he doesn't have a practical answer for.
He's highly professional, highly organized, and puts a plan in place that translates for players of all levels.
I watched a player who shot 57% from the line become one of the best 3-point shooters in the NBA at 43.4%. Dave's genius is that players understand how and why they do what they do.
Dave brings a simple, measurable and repeatable method and philosophy to shooting. His approach transfers across all ages — he has impacted NBA players and youth alike.
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It's a digital PDF (80+ pages) you download instantly after purchase, including printable worksheets. No physical product is shipped.
It helps, but it's not required. The workbook reviews the core framework before walking you through building your own plan step by step.
No. Instead of a drill library, you'll learn the principles to classify, modify, and create drills that fit the right phase for the right player at the right time.
Any level. The system scales from youth and high school teams to college and pro programs — the planning principles are the same.
Right after checkout you'll get an instant download link on the confirmation page and in your receipt email.
Stop running random reps. Build a real, periodized plan your whole team can follow.
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