Dear Parents / Carers

The involvement of parents is essential to the smooth running of the club. Bullsbrook Basketball Club is an organisation run entirely by unpaid volunteers, and your assistance is appreciated. We ask that you specifically note the following:

• All children under the age of 18 years must be supervised by an adult at training and games.

• Every family is expected to participate in game day duties which include scoring, time keeping and court duty.

• Your team manager will prepare a roster for parent supervision at training session. Please ensure that you attend your rostered session or organise a replacement, as we require you to be on hand to assist the coach in the event of injury to a player, or assist in disciplinary matters. This may merely consist of directing the exuberance of some of our younger players towards their training program or supervising them when they go out to the toilet.

• Please do not leave players’ siblings at training unattended. 

• Please ensure that players are on time for training and especially for games. Points will be lost, or forfeits enforced by the referees, if a team has insufficient numbers. Make sure that your child has a water bottle. 

• Please take your turn at scoring. Your team manager will prepare a roster for this duty. Note that scoring for a younger team is much easier than scoring for an older team – the game speeds up as they become more skilled. So learn how to score when your child starts to play!

• Please do not sit on the bench provided for the coach and players at games. Even if it is empty, you should still not sit on it.

• Do not “coach” players from the sidelines. This role is for the coach only. Directions from the sidelines, however well-intentioned, may only confuse players, and may contradict the coach’s instructions.

• Maintain a fair and sportsmanlike attitude during games. In particular respect the difficult job being done by the (sometimes very young) referees.