1. WBA Travel Kickoff Board Meeting High School Program Alignment – Steve St. Martin Travel Tryout Post Mortem Safety - CORI Checks & Mouth Guards Metro West Update WBA Code of Conduct Coaches Clinic WBA Night at Celtics Referee Training Travel Budgets Tournaments - Norwood Jamboree Equipment Update Practice Time Draft

2. High School Program Alignment Contact Information: Steve St. Martin – sdstmartin@gmail.comsdstmartin@gmail.com Katherine Clifford – kclifford@westwood.k12.ma.uskclifford@westwood.k12.ma.us

3. Coaches Clinic(s) Saturday, November 15 th from 6 – 8 p.m. Thurston Middle School Steve St. Martin and the WHS Boys Staff Open to ALL Westwood Coaches (Travel, In-Town, Driveway Mom and Dad, etc.) Mandatory to all Travel Coaches (Head and Assistant) We will have a 2 nd Coaches Clinic in December – Date TBD

4. Travel Tryouts Recap High School Coaches ran most tryouts. Positives definitely outweighed the negatives. The coaches tryout agenda was different from previous years and it required some adjustments from the coaches / evaluators. Post Tryout Call Volume was up overall but the intensity of most calls was mild compared to previous years. Through the Tryout process, we did identify a few grey area items that warrant a closer look.

5. Travel Tryouts Recap Open Forum on the Tryouts – What worked and what didn’t? Ben Leder will Chair a Committee to review our current Travel Team Selection Process and will deliver findings to the Board on out 12/18 Meeting.

6. WBA - Safety CORI Forms needed ASAP www.westwoodbasketball.org Forms must be completed prior to 1 st practice All Head and Assistant coaches will need to complete a CORI background check Must have 2 adults at all practices Do not leave any child unattended following game or practice. Be smart about coaching actions and know your players will take on the personality of the coach. If you act like an ass, you are setting a really bad example for your players and that lead to safety converns. Step in if a fellow coach is losing their cool with a player, parent, referee, or fan

7. WBA - Safety Sean Kennedy – Safety Coordinator skennedy103@gmail.com (781) 858-4089

8. WBA - Safety Mouth Guards WBA strongly encourages all players to use mouth guards at practices and games. Coaches can mandate this on an individual team basis, but the WBA will not mandate mouth guards in order to play. Metro West and MIAA also strongly encourage the use of mouth guards by all players.

9. Metro West Update – Key Dates  Regular season dates  Dec: 12/7,12/14,12/21  January: 1/4, 1/11, 1/18, 1/25  February: 2/1, 2/8, 2/15, 2/22  March: 3/1  Play-off Dates:  March 4 - March 15,  4th and 5th, grade will start March 4 th with goal to end March 9 th (not guaranteed).  State Tournament:  March 21-22

10. General Rules No shot clock, 10 second backcourt rule in effect. 8 minute quarters, 3 minute overtime, 5 full time outs per game (1 additional in OT). No pressing when up by 20. 1 and 1 with 7 th foul, double bonus at 10. Foul shots – In on release (other than shooter) New Defensive Contact Rule

11. General Rules (continued) 5 foul disqualification (technical counts as both a personal and team foul). 2 technical fouls: disqualification for players and coaches. Coach’s receiving a technical foul must sit for the rest of the game. All technical fouls must be reported same day to the EC (fine for coaches). If the head coach does not report, may be subject to further action.

12. 4 th and 5 th Grade Rules  28.5 ball for boys.  Foul shots: Can step in 1–step (either to start or with follow- through). Shooter cannot be first to secure the ball unless they have shot from foul-line and did not jump over.  Man-to-man defense only. No double teaming. First violation per half is a formal warning, then technical.  Press allowed in last 2 minutes of 1 st half and 4 minutes 2 nd half and overtime.  Double team rule exceptions:  Help defense inside the 3-point arc  Switching on a screen  Offensive team cannot isolate.

13. Other MW Guidelines Zero tolerance for players, coaches, and fans. Coach responsible for fan behavior. Refs will not continue game if inappropriate behavior continues. All follow-up regarding opposing team, opposing fan or ref issues, ref issues must be through MW coordinator (do not contact MW administration). Home team keeps official book. Home coach pays the refs ($40 for each ref. $60 if only 1 ref).

14. Cancellations  If gyms remain open, it is up to the coaches to decide if they want to postpone. Visiting team has final say.  If the game is postponed, the coach must:  Post online on MW website  Cancel refs  Notify opposing town MW coordinator  Reschedule time with opposing coach  Reschedule referees (refs will get $50 each if rescheduled as 1- game only).  Non-weather rescheduling can be done only if agreed by both coaches (highly discouraged): only other option is forfeit.  New in 2014: Non-weather-related cancellations within 14 days of game result in $100 fine to MW, $80 paid to referees – total of$180.

15. MW Website  Prior passwords should still work. Default password is “metrowest” for new coaches.  If “metrowest” does not work, use the “forgot my password” link to get a password.  Update your roster as soon as possible (players are carried over from last year edits are necessary).  When entering scores there will be prompts to fill out a brief questionnaire to evaluate the officials and the opposing teams spectator behavior.  Officials will have similar forms to assess the behavior of coaches and spectators.

16. MW Website:

20. MW Website: Non League Games Will now influence rating

21. MW Website: Non League Games

22. TeamHead coachDivision Rec. 4 green Mike Kane split 4 white David Krumsieck split 4 black Ben Leder split 5aRich Kendall 2 5bJohn Piscitelli 4 6aJim McGowan 1 6bChris Giovino 3 7aSteve Harrington 1 7bBob Persons 3 8aMark Jessup 3 (?2) 8bDarren Weeman 4 TeamHead coachDivision Rec. 4 green Mitch Katzman split 4 white Mike Mason split 5aPete Diomede 1 5bSheila Blomquist 3 5cGreg Raftery 5 6aPaul Tryder 1 6bMark Lacasse 3 7aAllen Hamdan 2 7bMike Jud 4 8aChristy Harrison 1 8bRob Gotti 3 BOYSGIRLS

23. Equipment Update Badger Uniforms for 4 th & 5 th Grade Teams. Coaches need to get 5 th through 8 th Grade Uniform needs ASAP. We have inventory of the A4 uniforms but it is limited. This is critical to ensure we have every player in uniform for Norwood (or possibly earlier tournaments (Braintree, etc.) Team Gifts – This can be done directly w/ Day Street and should not be brought to Peg Harvey.

24. Peg Harvey is the WBA Equipment Coordinator Home – (781) 329-1202 Cell - (857) 719-1700 MHARVEY4@mgh.harvard.edu 28 Lorraine Road Equipment Update

25. WBA Code of Conduct Please review the Coaches Code of Conduct #2 on the “Coaches shall not” is Question a referee’s call. Technical Fouls will carry a $50 fine if the Coach notifies the WBA EC w/in 24 hours of the game. It will be $100 if the Coach does not notify the WBA EC. Please print out the Players / Parents Code of Conduct and ask the boys and girls to bring them home to their parents to sign and return. This is a good reminder to all parents and players about what is expected.

26. WBA Night at Boston Celtics Sunday 11/23 vs. Portland Trail Blazers – 6:00 p.m. Tip Promenade Seating at $30 / Ticket 123 Tickets Set Aside One Travel Team will play at Halftime of the game Travel Team playing will be responsible for 75 Tickets WBA has 48 additional tickets and can request more

27. In-Town Referee Training 11/2 Session 1 – 9:00 – 11:00 @ WHS Session 2 – 1:00 – 3:00 @ WHS 11/9 On-Court Training – 1:30 – 6:00 @ WHS 11/12 On-Court Training Make-up- 6:00 – 9:00 @ TMS

28. WBA – Travel Budget Chris Giovino will be sending out Travel Budgets prior to 11/15 Keep all receipts if spending money on team related expenses

29. Tournaments Please check the Tournaments tab on www.westwoodbasketball.org for tournament details. www.westwoodbasketball.org 15th Annual Norwood Basketball Jamboree – 11/22 & 23 Select Hoops - http://www.selecthoops.com/local- events.htmlhttp://www.selecthoops.com/local- events.html ACA Hoops - http://acahoops.com/aca- tournaments-boys-ma.asphttp://acahoops.com/aca- tournaments-boys-ma.asp

30. Open Positions 2 nd Grade Girls Coordinator Treasurer (2014/2015) Safety Coordinator (2015) Fundraising Chair (2015) Registrar (2015) Vice President (2015) President (2015/2016)

31. Coaching Idea Teams with 11 or 12 players could offer each of their players one game off throughout the season. You would need to make sure only one or two players select the same game, but this could allow families to get away for a weekend and also help you play with a shorter bench. This would be a great task to delegate to a team parent or Assistant Coach.

32. Upcoming Board Meetings Thursday, November 20 th from 7:30 – 9:30 Thursday, December 18 th from 7:30 – 9:30

33. Practice Time Draft 4 th Grade Boys have Friday Night Practices Locked and will not pick their 2 nd Practice Time until the end of the draft Each Grade will draft numbers out of a hat for draft position 8 th Grade Picks 1 st followed by 7 th, 6 th, 5 th, 4 th Girls and then back to 8 th through 4 th 2 nd time around, reverse order will be used for grades 8 through 5 Drafting will be made for the Regular Season (This may be different in November and it is your responsibility to know how this impacts your pick)

34. Practice Time Draft DCD Rand Gym will be split into 2 slots. It is strongly recommended that A and B teams of the same grade / gender take the gym and combine portions of practice for skills development. Martha Jones may have 1 st 15 minutes of 6:00 p.m. practice in ½ of the gym while custodian clears the other half following Extended Day clearing out. This should be a huge impact, but take it into consideration before selecting MJ. High School Slot from 8:30 – 10 will be one team only due to the late slot.

35. Practice Time Draft Let the games begin..!!