Team Manager Resources

• Find the right channel that works for you, the coach, parents and players.

• Avenues of communication could include email, text message, a private Facebook group chat or WhatsApp.

(a) Uniform standards shall be as prescribed by the board.
i. Playing shorts must be the same team dominant colour & pattern and 8(d) ruling will apply for all non-conforming players. Playing shorts must be without pockets, any player wearing shorts with pockets will not be permitted to take the court.
ii. Singlets must be tucked into shorts. iii. Mouth guards are compulsory; medical certified exemptions are accepted (colour variations are permitted)
iv. T-shirts under playing jerseys are not permitted.
v. Compression wear is permitted - colours must be black, white, skin toned or match the playing uniform
vi. Players shall not wear equipment (objects) that may cause injury to other players. The following are NOT permitted:  Finger, hand, wrist, elbow or forearm guards, helmets, casts or braces made of leather, plastic, pliable (soft) plastic, metal or any other hard substance, even if covered with soft padding. Objects that could cut or cause abrasions (fingernails must be closely cut). Hair accessories and jewellery.
Note: All taped piercings are allowed.

The following ARE permitted:  Shoulder, upper arm, thigh or lower leg protective equipment if sufficiently padded.
Arm and leg compression sleeves.  Headgear. It shall not cover any part of the face entirely or partially (eyes, nose, lips etc.) and shall not be dangerous to the player wearing it and/or to other players. The headgear shall not have opening/closing elements around the face and/or neck and shall not have any parts extruding from its surface. 
Knee braces 
Protector for an injured nose, even if made of a hard material 
Spectacles, if they do not pose a danger to other players. 
Ankle braces. 
Taped piercings.

(b) Each club shall select a shirt and shorts of distinctive colour and design as their uniform to be submitted to the Board for approval.
(c) Each player's singlet shall be numbered on the front and back with a contrasting colour to the singlet. The numbers shall be clearly visible and:  Those on the back shall be at least 16 cm high. 
Those on the front shall be at least 8 cm high. 
The numbers shall be at least 2 cm wide. 
Teams may only use numbers 0,00 and from 1 to 99. 
Players on the same team shall not wear the same number. 
Any advertising shall be at least 4 cm away from the numbers.
(d) A-Grade players out of uniform will not be permitted to play. In all other divisions (grades) players have three (3) playing dates from the commencement of the first competition fixture to be in full uniform. After this time a four (4) game point penalty is awarded to the opposing team for each player out of uniform.
(e) Clubs with multiple teams in a grade shall submit to the Board variations to the approved uniform.
(f) Where there is a uniform clash, the team listed first on the fixture is responsible for ensuring adjustments are made, or replacement uniforms are worn, to ensure uniforms no longer clash.
(g) Team officials are required to wear covered shoes.
(h) The Board may consider written applications outside the above criteria at its discretion.

On Game Day, Coaches and Team Managers are encouraged to wear the official Aces Basketball Club polo shirt.

Team Officials are required to wear covered shoes.

Please familiarise yourself with the 2026/27 BBA By-Laws.

Due to the large number of teams and the number of games this season, it will put a lot of pressure on the number of umpires BBA have.

We ask that you please always respect the referees and their decisions, even if you may not agree with a call.

BBA have LOTS of new umpires who are also learning and are constantly being supported by a senior umpire, and abuse towards ANY umpire will not be tolerated.

Please reiterate to all players and their parents in your team.

Season 2024/25 BBA have introduced a Spectator Warning Card. Please make yourself familiar with the process.

• Please refer to the Scoring Instructions page on how to use the Play HQ iPad and Electronic Scoreboard.

(a) It shall be the duty of each team participating in any game conducted by the Association to provide one scorer, or timekeeper, over the age of 16 years old.

(b) If a team cannot fill the position, then penalties in Rule 10(e) will apply — a two-point penalty for each minute they are late starting the set of fixtures.

(c) Where scoring discrepancies cannot be resolved on court between referees, scorers and team officials, then the Games Controller must be notified immediately.

(d) The following protocols will be adopted:

i. Team listed FIRST on the fixture shall sit on the left-hand side of the scorer's bench and is considered the HOME team and is responsible for operating PlayHQ on the iPad.

ii. Team listed SECOND on the fixture shall sit on the right-hand side of the scorer's bench and is considered the AWAY team and is responsible for operating the visual scoreboard.

(a) Juniors

i. Fill-in players can only be sourced from a lower age group and/or division currently participating in the BBA season.

ii. Each play-up fill-in can play a maximum of 4 games per season per team, on the 5th play-up game they automatically become a fully registered member of that play-up team, and their registration for their original team is cancelled.

iii. Once a player has maximum of 4 games per season per team, before the 5th play-up game the player must become a fully financial player of the 2nd team.

iv. A team may only use a fill-in player(s) to make a full complement of seven (7) players for that fixture.

v. Representative player system compliance applies to all fill-in players. Team managers must advise the BBA Operations Team of fill-in player(s) names a minimum 24 hrs prior to game time.

vi. As the representative player system applies if a team has the maximum number of representative players, a representative player cannot fill-in for the team.

vii. In any instance where two teams from one club are included in the same grade, there shall be no interchange of players between teams.

viii. Where a junior player wishes to play in both junior and senior competitions, they must play for the club that aligns with their junior team. There shall be no interchange of players between clubs. If the junior club does not have a senior team the players can choose to play with any club.

ix. If a junior player identifies themselves with a Regional senior team e.g. Eaton due to residential location &/or prior junior representative participation they may choose to align with that senior club.

x. A player may not play in 2 teams within the same year group of different divisions. For example, a player may not play in Year 5 boys division A and division C, however, may play in Year 5 boys division A and Year 6 boys division C.

(b) Seniors:

i. There is no restriction on the number of registered players or sourcing players from outside of the BBA, however, the Board reserves the right to deny these occurrences in the interests of fair play.

ii. All new players are required to register a minimum 24 hrs prior to their first playing date and pay the prescribed BWA affiliation fee.

iii. Any Tier 1 - High Level Senior A Grade player must request approval from the BBA Operations team to play in the B Grade competition. The request must be made in writing no less than 48hrs prior to the fixtured B Grade game time.

iv. In the event of a club having two or more A Grade teams, B Grade players will only be permitted to play for one (1) of the A Grade teams for the duration of the season.

v. Two (2) weeks prior to Round 1 all Clubs must supply the BBA Operations team with a list of their A & B Grade squad lists (first 10 registered players) for the upcoming season. The list shall include the player name and suggested player classification as defined in Table 2 and include players who are already registered, or are intending to be registered to play in the A & B Grade competitions.

vi. The BBA Operations team will review the submitted lists and then publish a Master Player Classification List prior to Round 2 of the B Grade competition.

vii. If the complete A and B Grade lists are not supplied to the BBA Operations team by the due date ALL B Grade games in both the mens and womens competitions for the club in question will be deemed to be forfeited until the complete list is submitted.

viii. A total player point limit of 3 points will apply to all B Grade teams. Note that the registration management platform will not allow a player to be entered if the team exceeds the 3 point maximum.

ix. A Grade teams will have an unlimited number of team player points for each game, but teams cannot exceed 12 players.

(d) Where a team requires to reschedule a fixture due to significant school events or where representative basketball commitments significantly impact the team, they shall ensure that ALL the following steps are facilitated:

i. Requesting team must contact their club's Junior Delegate at least 14 days prior to the fixture.

No late changes will be accepted.

ii. The requesting team Club Delegate must contact the BBA Operations team and the opposing

team's Club Junior Delegate in writing seeking approval for the re-schedule. The opposing team is under no obligation to approve the request to re-schedule.

iii. A rescheduled game must be played within 3 weeks of the originally scheduled game.

iv. If the re-schedule is approved by both BBA and the opposing team, the re-scheduled game can be organised between the 2 teams, according to the following conditions:

1. The game is played at an agreed venue, date and time.

2. Referees must be organised by the teams. BBA will pay the referees the standard rate if they are registered with BBA.

3. Manual scoresheet & MVP votes must be collected and returned to the BBA Operations and Competition Manager.

4. If the re-scheduled fixture is unable to be played the team requesting the original re￾schedule will be allocated a forfeit.

(e) Teams unable to commence at the scheduled starting time of the fixture shall be penalised two points for each minute that they are late. This rule is to be read in conjunction with Rule 13(a) and 13(g).

a) If any team is unable to commence play within 10 minutes of the scheduled starting time for a fixture the game will be declared a forfeit.

(b) Teams in the junior competition may commence games with a minimum of 4 players.

(c) The scoresheet shall be completed for all forfeited fixtures. The non-forfeiting team is deemed to have played a qualifying game; the forfeiting team has not.

(d) In the event of a forfeit by any team, the score for the fixture will be 20 points awarded to the team present to 0 points for the forfeiting team. All votes and competition points shall be removed from the records.

(e) Forfeit Penalties:

i. 1st forfeit request. The BBA Operations and Competition Manager will issue a warning of potential penalties as set out below.

ii. 2nd forfeit request for the season will incur a financial penalty from BBA, which will be invoiced to the Club.

iii. 3rd forfeit request for the season teams will be disqualified from the competition.

iv. Penalties may be reviewed at the discretion of the board.

(f) In the event of a team being disqualified:

i. All games in which the disqualified team has, or would have, participated in shall be deleted from the competition.

ii. All votes and competition points shall be removed from the records.

iii. The Board may consider restructuring the competition.

(g) Incomplete fixtures shall be reported by the Court Manager and action confirmed at the discretion of the Board prior to the next fixture.

(h) Where the game stops being played due to unforeseen circumstances, the following shall occur:

i. If the game has reached half time before being abandoned, the result shall stand.

ii. If the game has not reached half time before being abandoned, there shall be no result, and the game shall be considered a draw.