What do you carry?
 

So I need to restock my basketball bag with all the stuff I carry around during the season. (Static-Guard, lint roller, gum, small dry erase board, etc)

What do you guys carry in your bags besides uniforms? I'm looking for things that I may have forgotten about.

High school rules book, casebook, and any other publications I've purchased for the year.

NCAA rules book, casebook, and official's manual

A few materials gathered from camps pertaining to pregame and points of emphasis

Whistles

Needles (for taking air out of the ball. A flat ball goes in more :D)

Shoe de-stink stuff (the little blue can that sprays inside your shoe. I don't know the name)

Stickers for the official book

Towel/wet bag

everything else is uniforms.

extra shoelaces
sewing kit
ibuprofen (or your choice)
mouth wash
band aids
maps, contact information (maybe not in the bag, but in the car)
saline solution
athletic tape
any pre/post-game stretching aids you use (calfstretcher, roller, exercise bands, etc.)
pen

A taser.

Oh wait, that's only for table personnel.

I usually carry some shoe shiner in my bag too.

oh yeah and the pepper spray (not srs)

Aside from the usually items such as rulebooks, pregame board, whistles and oh yeah the uniform.

Bob is exactly right on the money about this "little" item. Over the years, I've had to use these 2 or 3 times. They were a life saver.

I also carry a quarter in my bag in case I need to make a call and my cell won't get reception inside the school. Usually there's a pay phone in the school lobby (especially if it's an old school). I haven't had to use this in about 10 years but you never know.

YIKES - I just realized I used the term "old school"! Oh no! :eek:

Some items not mentioned:

-travel size Germ-X/Purell
-Extra lanyards
-State mandated pre-game statement card to coaches/captains
-Extra set of contact lenses
-Biofreeze
-Hairspray (I don't carry it but have had partners that use it before games)

Carmex squeeze tube - cherry flavor preferred
Knee strap - just in case righty flares up
Extra pair of shoes
Extra whistle
Towel
Watch
Rule/case books

You might need to add another quarter. Most pay phones I've seen (the three or four in the last few years) require at least 35 cents.

I carry the following:
Medication- advil/tums/pepto/muscle relaxants- just in case.
Voltaren- a topical cream for muscle and joint problems
gum
gatorade
towels- both shower and a sweat towel for the table.
Extra socks
febreeze
extra whistles/lanyards
granola bars

Don't Leave Home Without It ...
 

For the meds.

Rotary Dial ???
 

I hope that you two geezers realize that a large number of Forum members are saying to themselves, "What is this pay phone of which they speak?".

What They Said, Plus ...
 

Cough Drops
Electric Razor
After Shave
Spare Car Key
Nail Clipper
Small Swiss Army Knife
Chap Stick
Comb

I always call collect. BTW - I think I'm going to have to start carrying a hand warmer in my bag. It looks like we're going to have a much colder than normal winter here in Oregon. Today, the high in Portland (no, not the residents - they're high enough) was only 30 degrees. That made it the coldest November day in Portland in over a quarter of a century! Imagine - Portland hasn't had a high daily temperature below freezing in anytime in November in the past 25 years.

Oh yeah - it "snowed" during the night- about 1/4 inch. Here, they consider that a blizzard. Almost all evening school activities were canceled yesterday and today. If the weather stays like this for the next few months, I'm sure a lot of games will get canceled. When I tell my relatives back in Chicago about this stuff, they just laugh.

Bag Stuff
 

- Advil, Advil, more Advil
- I wear an osteoarthritis brace so some graphite lube and the adjuster key for the brace
- 2 Officials Jerseys
- Extra black T's
- Extra Black Socks
- Extra pair black pants
- Towel
- Bottled Water
- Purel
- Several Needles for ball adjustments (and a pump - though I really don't need that)
- Rule Book
- I work a league that has some modified rules for 4th/5th grades so I bring a print out of those rules
- Contact info is mostly on the i-phone. Would love to have the rulebook on .pdf.
- Several energy bars or similar snack stuff
- About a dollar in change and a couple of emergency dollar bills for water if needed
- Alternate pair of shoes (if you've ever tried to work with sore feet you'll understand)
- Some business cards I made up a few years ago at Vistaprint.com for free. Never know when you'll need to exchange contact info. Meet a lot of good people doing this. (I keep waiting for a hot mom to ask for one but alas, no luck)

Hmmm...
 

I don't even know where to start. ;)

M&M, any help?

It's A Blizzard ...
 

Even those 900 numbers that you like to call before you take a cold shower after a game?

Also, I heard about your blizzard on the radio this morning on the way to work. I actually thought about you, and rockyroad, and whether, or not, you guys owned snow shovels, or snow blowers.

I'm not M&M, but does this help?

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And here's an interior view:

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In certain NW States.

You THINK like M&M.....

Depending on which truck I'm in, I sometimes have an air compressor and a hydraulic jack. Never actually used either at a game, but you never know.

Well Legacy Emmanuel must be real busy cause of the weather.

How about since it's winter the essential winter weather kit in the vehicle?

How often have you seen this since the snow came?
YouTube - Sliding Cars in Seattle Snow on 11/22/10

A 12"x 8" incline board for pre-game calf and heel stretching...fits nicely in the bottom of my bag.
A frozen water bottle for icing.
An ankle strap, along with two slip on neoprene knee supports...just in case.
Icy Hot in the roll on applicator.

Why saline solution?

Two reasons:
1. You wear contact lenses.
2. One of your partners wears contact lenses.

It's nice to see people can carry on without me. :eek: :D

While Tanner does carry everything that's been listed so far (at least two of each, in fact), I don't. But, for some of the newbies, it should be pointed out these items are all personal preference, and based on what level they're working. I would think that someone starting out should, at the minimum, carry an extra shirt, pants, and whistle, as well as the rules for the level they're working. As they continue to progress, it will become apparent what else they might need.

One item that I carry that I didn't see mentioned was a court diagram. This can range from a copy of the court coverages out of the Official's manual, up to a magnetic board that has little magnets indicating officials and the ball. These can be very useful in pre-game to help go over areas of coverage and possible situations that may come up. It can also be used at half-time, or after the game, to go over specific plays.

This might not be a good idea, what with the whole "zero tolerance" policies for "weapons" at most schools nowadays.

Yes, the policies are moronic. But they are what they are.

- Spare whistles
- Gatorade/water
- Court diagram board
- Rule Books
- Trail Mix, nuts
- Towel
- Inflation needles
- Officiating Notebook, pregame notes, contacts, etc
- Post-game UnderArmour t-shirt

(I think I should add spare pants and shoelaces)

Yeah - I keep them in my igloo.

I remember some varsity official who followed my game around my 2nd year or so and he dumped his bag of whistles on the desk in a panic searching for the right whistle. As he was pawing through the 20 or so whistles, one of his partners wondered how he would even know.

I'm in need of a new bag.

Anyone have a suggestion for an affordable but quality wheeled bag with multiple compartments? I've looked at Underarmour and Nike bags that are from $120 to $150 but would like to find something along those lines but a little cheaper.

Walmart has some wheeled bags in the $20-$40 range, but I can't vouch for the quality.

Thanks. If it's $20 to $40 and from Walmart I'm guessing the quality isnt that great.

I think I may just try to get the Nike or Underarmour bags on Ebay. Just curious as to what others are using. The offficiating suppliers don't seem to have as many bags as they use to a few years ago.

Anything In Your Pockets That's Gonna Stick Me ???
 

We had a cross country runner suspended from school a few years ago for having a small Swiss army knife in his gym bag. The knife had a special tool that was useful in getting knots out of shoelaces. Felt sorry for the kid, top athlete, top student, Honor Society, etc.

I carry a Sig Sauer P226 9mm. :D

I've seen you referee. You need to carry one.


Bad Woddy! Bad, bad Woddy! :D

Channeling the old BillyMac
 

Awesome.

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Glad to see I'm not the only one that keeps thinking along this line when I read the title. :D

I'm still working out my kit but I carry:

*Two striped shirts, one grey
*Two pairs of slacks
*Two v-neck undershirts
*Two pair underarmor shorts
*Two pair black socks
*One hidden tailor flex belt (helps keep the shirt tucked in and the pants up)
*One pair of shoes (need another)
*One jacket
*Contact lens case, glasses and saline
*Spare shoelaces
*Silicone shine sponge for shoes
*Small towel for sweat
*Bath towel
*Soap, shampoo
*Shower shoes
*Spare whistles and lanyards
*W-9 Forms
*Lint roller

Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification
 

Thanks for reminding me. We have one school in our area that wants us to bring our own. This is the first year.