You are very important for your child’s team!
Parent responsibilities
- Paying fees
- Transporting players to and from matches and training
- Ensuring players have the correct uniform for every game
- Scoring at matches (on a roster)
- Other tasks as required by the manager or coach
Fixtures – when and where is the game?
The SABC section on the Play HQ website has all of the details.
Your team manager will keep in contact you about training times and venues, as well as game times and venues. Often, team managers will create a WhatsApp group with parents, so that everyone is in the loop.
Scoring
Brush up on your scoring skills so you are confident when it is your turn to score a game! Each venue uses an iPad for live scoring. The 3 minute video below will have you a scoring expert!
Camberwell Basketball competition rules
We play in the Camberwell District Basketball Association, also known as Camberwell Basketball or CDBA.
For competition rules, see the Rules and Policies page on the Camberwell Basketball website.
Season guidelines
Parents are essential to the smooth running of the club. SABC is a club run entirely by volunteers and your assistance is appreciated.
- Your team manager will prepare a roster for parent supervision at training sessions. Please ensure that you attend your rostered session or organise a replacement, as we require you to be on hand to assist the coach in the event of injury to a player, or assistance in disciplinary matters. We know that young people can get over excited, so sometimes you may need to help getting players to focus on their training.
- Please do not leave players’ siblings at training unattended. Apart from distractions and potential damage to equipment etc., the Camberwell District Basketball Association insurance policy, which covers the club’s players, but the insurance policy does not cover non-players. Parents are strongly advised not to bring other children to training sessions when on duty or coaching. The parent on duty’s responsibility is to the coach and players, not other children. The club does not accept any responsibility for the control or safety of non-playing children or of players before and after training sessions.
- Please ensure players are on time for training and especially for games. Points will be lost, or forfeits enforced by the referees, if a team has insufficient numbers. A forfeit results in:
- a fine from the Camberwell District Basketball Association
- a 0 – 20 score registered against the team, and
- zero competition points awarded to the team.
- Please do not sit on players’ and coaches’ bench during games. Barracking from the bench by non-team members can attract a penalty.
- Maintain a fair and honourable attitude during games, in particular respect the difficult job being done by the (sometimes very young) referees. Please refer to the Spectators Code of Conduct prepared by the Camberwell District Basketball Association and included in this document.
- Do not “coach” players from the sidelines. This role is for the coach only. Directions from the sidelines, however well intended, may only serve to confuse players and to contradict the coach’s instructions.
Basketball Victoria’s code of conduct
Please refer to the Basketball Victoria Code of Conduct document for the expected behaviours in for administrators, coaches, officials, players, parents and spectators.
