Small Gym Advice

[Cyber-Ref]

Got my rec league schedule and am happy as heck.

Have done past games for boys and girls in small elementary school tile floor gyms. I don't mind this, in fact I accept the challenge of making a game for players and parents in close quarters and dirty or dusty floor conditions.

This is OK for 7-8 boys, 7-9 girls, but when you get to the 9-10 boys and 10-12 girls things get a little cramped on the floor.

Until this year the 11-12 boys and 13-14 girls had ALL their games at the jr. high "big gym" with the clean wood floors, glass backboards and scoreboards with digital clocks, in other words, basketball heaven.

Well it seems this year there is a shortage of "big gym" availability so some of the older age group games are scheduled at the elementary school "small gyms".

My point is that with the size of the older/bigger players in a smaller court, things will be even more cramped and therefore a challenge to officiate. (I have my first game in this situation on 12/17).

Any thoughts or advice on how to approach this?