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Checklist to be addressed before the season begins:
Rule guidelines for equipment, lighting, safety measures, line markings and scoring
- Review current requirements for game equipment and lining for game facilities
See NFHS Basketball Rulebook 2016-17 standards for competition
- Requirements for supports for basketball hoops, height, netting, etc.
- Ensuring all floor lines and boundaries meet current rules and regulation,
including coaches box, free throw lane markings - Padding wall areas underneath each hoop, areas around boundaries that need additional padding for safety
- Adequate scorer’s table with clock operating (check wall clock lights, etc)
- Inspect all ceiling lights
- Ensure adequate, clean dressing facilities for visitors and game officials
- Reminder: No artificial noisemakers are allowed at indoor sports events
Have necessary personnel in place:
- Qualified game manager available at all times (pregame meeting)
- Greeter for game officials and visiting teams (before and after contests)
- Qualified adult game timer
- Scorebook keeper (report scores after contest)
- Statisticians (report stats after contests)
- Athletic training staff (Emergency action plan)
- Public-address announcer (NFHS Tips for P.A. found at nfhslearn.com
- Ticket sellers and takers (numbered tickets for auditing purposes)
- Security, including police officers and parking attendants (parking plan)
- Concessionaires
Provide Spectators with Amenities to Ensure a Positive Experience for All
- Game rosters available
- Maintain clean and properly stocked restrooms, public areas kept clean and free of litter
- Screen pregame and halftime music
- Assist booster group in providing a quality concession stand
- Identify reserve spaces for parking and seating to accommodate the needs of disabled individuals
- Address disruptive fans immediately
Emergency Protocols for Potential Problems (Emergency Action Plan)
- Annual inspection of emergency lights
- Flashlights and a battery-powered megaphone in the vicinity if necessary
- Announcer scripts identifying specific directions for spectators to follow in case of fire, tornado, lost lighting, fighting, cancelled game, etc.
- Exit strategy for game officials, particularly in a close or heated game
- Pregame meeting with game officials and coaches reiterating “no players are to come onto the court” during an altercation
- Automatic Electric Defibrillator (AED) charged and easily accessible
Reference article published in Interscholastic Athletic Administration / FALL 2016
