Notice: This article was written by Steve Jordan, Coach's Notebook. Email the author at sjordan@alaskalife.net.
The expert coaches at Chalk Talk have offered examples of the bad basketball habits they hate most. One coach described them as having the same effect on him as "fingernails scratching down the blackboard". Savvy players should look at this list and see how many they can eliminate from their game. New coaches could do well by simply trying to eliminate these habits from their young players.
Coaches: Vote for fifteen of these examples that are your personal peeves. When all the tallies are in, we'll announce the Top Ten Bad Habits displayed by basketball players. The habits are grouped by category. Try to vote for at least one each category, but no more than fifteen votes, please. Click SUBMIT at the bottom when you are finished. Note: Some of the original entries were combined with others of similar content.