Captain's meeting

[Raymond]

This is Mr. ????, Ms. !!!!, and I'm Mr. BadNews.

Who are my speaking captains?

You take care of your players and you take care of your players.

White talk to White, Blue talk to Blue.

Keep your shirts tucked in or we'll have to send you to the sidelines.

If you have a question we'll try our best to answer but we need to keep the game moving.

Make sure no one has any rubber bands, earrings, or anything else their not supposed to be wearing.

Partners, do you have anything?

Have fun!!!

[BillyMac]

I keep mine real simple:
1) Introductions and handshakes.
2) To coaches: Are players properly equipped ?
3) To coaches: Do your players know how to properly wear their uniforms ?
4) To all: We will emphasis good sportmanship tonight.
5) To all: Any questions ?
6) Any comments from umpire ?

[Mountaineer]

Mine is short and sweet. I introduce my partners and myself to everyone and then . . .

To coaches:

Is everyone going to exibit good sportsmanship?
Are your players properly equipped and going to remain that way throughout the game?

To Players:

That means your shirts are tucked in and shorts are pulled up. This is your warning - we will sit you down. Good luck!

I should also say that I think the meeting is useless but it's required so we do it. I never ask for the speaking captains for the aforementioned reasons but most of my collegues do.

[JRutledge]

1. Coaches properly equip question.
2. Ask for speaking captains.
3. Sportsmanship talk (very brief).
4. Ask my partner if they have anything to add (usually no)
5. Guys have fun.

Meeting hardly takes a minute.

Peace

[johnnyrao]

By this time in the season most coaches and players have heard it all but I stress sportsmanship, coaches maintaining the box, ask coaches if players are legally equipped, and tell players that we will not tolerate taunting, baiting, etc. The only other thing I will add is if we have anything strange at this gym (for example, coaches box lines are different colors because the lines also are used for another court).

Of everyhting I say, I ALWAYS ensure I tell the coaches to stay in their box at all times. I say this because our state director told us of an incident in a football game a couple of years ago where an official ran a coach over moving down the field. The coach was on the field and was hurt pretty bad when the official ran him over. The coach sued the official over his injuries. Since I heard that I always make sure I tell them to stay in the box. This way, I figure, if I ever run one over they can't sue me. That's probably pretty stupid and I have never ran into a coach on the floor, but it makes me feel better.