Outside of the "sportsmanship" type of talk and keeping shirts tucked, what other areas and/or 'canned lines' do you use in your pre-game captain meetings?

At this point in the season about the only thing I say to the captains is "good luck".

Captains, you know if you have a hothead, take care of him.
Coaches, you klnow what the State of _______ expects from you.

Smile and have fun, put the ball in the bucket so your coaches can smile and have fun. (this always gets an agreement from the coaches)

Captains, I've got two things for you:
1. Let's have fun
2. Nobody gets hurt

Any questions?

Good luck....

I tell the captains and coaches that if they want to ask us a question, we'll be more than happy to answer it, but we will not be listening to complaints.

Captains
 

I learned along time ago that the captains don't worry about what we try to say about rules, etc.
I use this time to get them on "my side" so to speak. I try to repeat each of their names(as much as possible) so later on if I need them to help me out.
I always say something like, "You're up here for a reason(names) . . .you're leaders(names) . . .if we need you(names) please help us out . . .our names are . . .good luck"
Sometimes if it is a rivalry or a "big game" then I try to use a little brevity to lessen the tension. Self depricating humor is always fun, "As you can see we don't miss too many meals, let's hurry up and get this over."
I have even told a "Yo mama" joke on one of my partners. Of course that was an extreme situation where everyone knew everyone.

Girl's Games
 

Had a partner tell the girls no hanging on the rim. This almost always gets a chuckle from everyone involved.

"Sportsmanship is a big key. Treat everyone out here with respect and we'll all do fine. The rest is basketball and I don't need to talk about that, do I?"
Sometimes I add, "You know who your hot heads are. Take care of them so I don't have to."

All of the above.

1) tell visitors to familiarize themselves with floor markings.

2) point out scoreboard, possession arrow will be kept on the table (or scoreboard too if agreed with table)

3) team fouls kept on table, scoreboard, etc

4) remove jewlery and non manufacturers logos

5) subs wait till beckoned to enter court

6) retrieve the ball OOB

7) tell your coach to signal TO length

Why do you tell the captains these things? You should tell the coaches #7 in your coaches meeting if you feel the need to say it at all.

I've heard, for lighter ends of meeting -

for Girls: "anybody on your team dunking?"

for the Boys: "where are the cheerleaders going after the game?"

And we do. These items rattle off in less than 30 seconds. I see no harm in telling kids/players where game status (#2 #3) information is.

Its most valuable in lower levels where scoreboard may have Poss Arrow and scorekeeper not going to use it, etc.

I always have fun when I do JV Girls games. I tell the captain's that they are in charge of thier team, thier bench, and thier coach. So, if I need you to settle coach down for me, I'll ask. It hasn't worked yet this year but maybe tonight.

Ouch...dangerous territory. Never in a million years...even if I was just trying to be funny.

I say "Don't miss any shots," and as they're grinning, one of my partners says, "and we won't miss any shots." :)