Community Corner

Important Contact Information
Voice Mail and Main Number 988-4851
This is your first line of communication for changes or problems. You must give me lots of lead time for cancellations or I am expecting you to work!

eharasem@hotmail.com (your availability connection)

www.edmontonyouthbasketball.com Community website for rules and pay scale and you can also check game schedules to see who is playing.

Some Things To Remember for Games:

• When you get to the gym, change your shoes.
• Make sure you have your whistle and a clean ref shirt and rule book.
• Make sure the clock is set-up.
• Talk to captains, remind them of good sportsmanship!
• First jump ball, teams shoot at the basket they practiced at. After that every jump ball is alternating possession (arrow points to direction of play-not bench).

Each ref should meet the coaches and remind them:

• To pay you first, (sign their receipt…carry some change (the amount per game is in the rule book)
• To provide a score keeper and or times
• To fill out the game sheet-(home team should provide)
• Teams warm up at opposite end from the bench

What do you do If:

• Only one ref shows up (this should not happen), get paid a portion by both coaches, the rule book lets you know how much
• Only one team shows up, the coach must pay both officials.
• There is a problem (closed gym, no teams, call voicemail as soon as you can and leave a message with your full name, phone number, name of school, date and times of games that were to be played – you will be paid

Most Importantly

• Don’t be afraid to blow your whistle to call out of bounds, travel and fouls (push/illegal use/block/charge)
• Do not let fans, coaches, players upset you, CONFIDENCE will come with experience
• HAVE FUN