I wrote the "Most Misunderstood Rules" sheet for new officials in San Diego's rec leagues about 15 years ago.
We now give the rec league captains a copy before each season and it has greatly reduced the whinibg about simple things like "retrieving your own airball" or moving your feet on a designated spot throwin.
I'm especially proud of the explanation of the legality of returning back inbounds after saving a loose ball. We tell them that they've got to return at approximately the same location where they left the court and "must have SOMETHING IN and NOTHING OUT!".
Send an email to
[email protected] and I will forward
you a copy and you can use it as written, edit it, or do whatever.
Good luck.
Barry Alman
BOSS Officials
San Diego, CA 92110