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How John Townsend Became a Veteran NBA Shooting Coach

Written by Nick Bartlett | Mar 26, 2021 12:00:00 PM

We got the opportunity to interview NBA shooting Coach John Townsend about his coaching experience, and how he maximizes player's training with a Dish machine.

John Townsend has been a shooting coach for the past 32 years. During Coach Townsend's three decades of work he has coached over 500 professional players, 150 of which were in the NBA. Amid 17 seasons of professional coaching, John has coached in more than 1,000 NBA games for four NBA teams: the Portland Trail Blazers, Toronto Raptors, Memphis Grizzlies, and Philadelphia 76ers.

Learn more about Coach Townsend in the full interview below!

 

One piece of advice Coach Townsend has for players is,

If you have a ball and a hoop, you can go somewhere and forget everything that's going on and try and find the beauty in the struggle."

Be sure to check out other great basketball drills from Coach John Townsend. Also, click here for more basketball drills and workouts using Dr. Dish.