That all depends on the kind of tournament you are tryign to hold and what is the reason. If it's somethign for charity or just for fun, then I would suggest something like this:
1. Make sure you have plenty of water available and snacks.
2. Have teams call their own fouls-- you really don't need refs.
3. If it is a coed tournament, allow the team with the most girls the opportunity to choose if they use a girls or a guys ball.
4. Have a ball for each court, a couple of spares, and a pump handy.
5. Make sure you have an athletic trainer or nurse there with a stacked med kit.
6. Have some sort of timer with a clear buzzer for start and finish.
7. Have baskets for games cleary marked.
8. Have the schedule of play posted everywhere and given to each team.
9. Have volunteers/staff in bright color shirts in visible areas.
10. Have people in a central location with a bright colored shirt visible to the teams when the game is over and they need to report the result of the game.
11. Have a rule for a tie-- do both teams get a win or a loss? Do they play sudden death?
12. Have the sign in process organized-- if there are a lot of teams, have more than one sign in station.
13. Give out a cool tshirt-- try to make it a color, because that's even cooler.
14. What does the team get that wins?
15. What about the team that loses? It's always fun to give a prize to them too.
16. If an option- MUSIC!! Not so loud it is distracting, but enough for some background noise.
17. Have towels available to wipe up the floor when people fall.
18. Set a clear age limit-- if lots of different kinds consider age/gender brackets.
19. Set clear attitude rules- some people participate in these things and act like they are trying out for the NBA-- someone will get hurt.
20. Know how to get to the hospital and have directions available (it wouldn't hurt to give out a registration folder with different kinds of information in it about the location, just in case).
21. Get a large facility with air conditioning or good fans... really hot gyms are NO fun-- or play outside when it's nice. (if you do play outside, clearly some of the above will not be necessary).
GOOD LUCK!!!
If it is to get people recruited, etc. Rent some refs.
To advertise, for a charity, fun, etc.:
Papers, Schools (college and high school- you can get the teachers), Churches, Coffee Shops, Gyms, etc. Get sponsored!! Put the name of orgnizations on the back of the shirt that sponsor the event and get some free goodies for the snacks or some moolah for the cause.
For recruitment, etc:
Schools... clearly.
roughness if yuo see anger between the two temas keepa close eye out make sure your never not there make sure your aloud to ahve it make surethe balls good all that stuffWhat kind of things should I watch out for when hosting a basketball tournament?
get fair officials to help and don't let any team get into a fight with one another
homies wearing their colours to the tournamentWhat kind of things should I watch out for when hosting a basketball tournament?
One thing that happens alot whenever I play, watch players that play down post. Alot of teams big men get called on fouls when it looks like a foul but the big men just stands there. Watch players who give faces when ref's make a call, there bound to get technical at somepoint as well as get angry and foul hard.
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