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Children develop bad habits at a young age and continue these bad habits until they are corrected. Sometimes these things aren’t corrected until its almost too late. Habits can be picked up from parents, grandparents, coaches, and peers. I know that the longer I am around someone the more I act like that person. In any sport you will have many coaches and you will learn something you didn’t know with every coach you have. But some things aren’t developed from others, some players are born with these characters and help them become the type of player they are.
1. The Dramatic Player: The dramatic player overreacts about everything to draw attention to their self so they can be the center of attention. For example, on my basketball team Susie is constantly getting hurt. One day at practice she gently fell to the ground and instantly started acting like she had fallen from a 10 story building. As a teammate of Susie I have learned that it is easier to give her the attention as soon as she starts acting out. Another type of player is one that makes everything said to them a big deal. Some players on the team cannot take criticism, or being told what to do. Susie is this type of player also, and will turn a simple “please look for me on the block” to “throw me the darn ball next …show more content…

The Excuse maker: The excuse maker constantly has a rhyme or reason to why they did not do something or to why they did do something. For example, Lilly on my basketball team will blame her man scoring on someone else when clearly they scored because she wasn’t playing any defense. The most common excuse used in basketball is “that wasn’t my man” when in reality nine times out of ten it is the excuse makers man. These types of players would rather the team suffer than put forth the effort to do what is asked of them. Like people say “one bad apple will ruin the whole bunch”, I wouldn’t say the excuse maker ruins the whole team but they do make it hard to

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