Pre-Game With Captains

[Adam]

I've never not had a meeting at the hs level, and they vary from "black lines wha wha wha blah blah...." to "put the ball in the hole and let's play ball." But that's my area. If your area doesn't expect it, it's up to you.

It could be one of two things:
1. It's not expected and the powers that be aren't concerned about it.
2. This is one of the reasons these folks are still working F/JV in your area.

[dave30]

Ladies or Gentlemen.

"This MY court, MY game! You will speak ONLY when you are spoken to. (hitch up my pants)....You WILL NOT argue calls. You WILL stop when you hear the whistle! There is no place for whining on this court. Do you have any questions?....(silence)....I CAN'T HEAR YOU !......(no questions)..... OK, let's play basketball ! "

[zm1283]

I've stopped asking for speaking captains at the captain's meeting for about a week or so now. I've gotten several funny looks, a head coach asking if we need to know who the speaking captains are, and players pulling their shooting shirts up to show me their numbers without me even asking.

[Juulie Downs]

To the OP: We just "Got Toh-oh-ode" at our association meeting on Monday night, that we MUST have captains' meetings, and coaches' meetings at every level of game. We were told that if we are the U, and the R doesn't do it, we should.

I think it helps my partner and me as much as anyone, to have an attitude of taking the game seriously, and giving my best. In some ways it may seem meaningless, but there is a place for ritual in human society, and I think this is a good one.

[APG]

Anything middle school and high school, I'll have a captain's meeting no matter what. If I'm not the R and my partner isn't getting around to it, I'll go ahead and knock it out of the way. If it's rec ball, I'll do it time permitting.

My captains meeting literally goes like this:

"Any questions before we start?" No
"Make sure you display good sportsmanship towards us and your opponents. Make sure no one has anything illegal on (this is the only bit of information that I've seen that MIGHT get passed along)"

I'll ask if my partner has anything to add. If my partner starts rambling off about color lines and reaching and what not, I'll just nod off at this point.

When I wake up, finish off with wishing both good luck and we're good to go. All this takes about 20 seconds barring a partner who goes into detail

[Clark Kent]

Keep it short and sweet!

My partner last night had them in there for seriously more than 5 minutes. By the time he excused the coaches the girls (and myself) were bored to death, then he proceeded to talk about everything from playing defense straight up to three seconds in the key. Black was going into the locker room around the 7 minute mark (we get captains at 12 here) and the team left them.....finally I (awoke) clapped my hands and said "Have fun girls" and walked away.

[tomegun]

At this time of year, I just say something about sportsmanship and that is it.

I had a team last night for the third time. The first time I gave a player and the coach a T. I don't think I gave anyone a T the second time and last night I T'd up the same player, from game one, early in the first quarter. Sportsmanship, extension of the classroom, fans and player following the actions/reactions of the coach, etc. I guess I'm old school, but I don't like a whole bunch of antics after an official makes a call.