YBOA of Georgia Information Packet CERTIFICATION PACKET PROCESS

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1 YBOA of Georgia Information Packet CERTIFICATION PACKET PROCESS Your team MUST be certified before you can play in ANY YBOA OF GEORGIA Tournament ROSTERS AND ALL SUPPORTING DOCUMENTIONS MUST BE TURN IN WITH THE YBOAGA OFFICE BY WEDNESDAY OF THE TOURNAMENT. HOWEVER YOU CAN CHECK IN ON FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE LOCATION SPECIFIED ON THE WEB SITE EACH WEEK. THERE WILL BE A ONE TOURNAMENT GRACE PERIOD FOR MISSING PAPERWORK. IF PAPERWORK IS NOT SUBMITTED TO THE YBOAGA OFFICE, THAT PLAYER WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO PLAY IN ANOTHER TOURNAMENT UNTIL PAPERWORK HAS BEEN RECEIVED. YOUR TEAM HAS TO PLAY IN (2) YBOA OF GEORGIA TOURNAMENTS TO BE RANKED AND PLAY IN THE DIVISION 1 OR DIVISION 2 STATE QUALIFIER TO QUALIFY FOR THE NATIONALS. SUPER REGIONAL DOES NOT COUNT AS ONE OF YOUR GEORGIA TOURNAMENTS. The certification packet can be sent by one of the following ways: Mailed: 33 Weatherstone Parkway, Marietta, GA Faxed: ed: faye@yboaga.org. Certification Packet will consist of: (1) Printed copy of completed team registration from the yboa.org website. (2) A birth certificate for each player on the Team Registration form: (the name on registration form has to be the exact name as it appears on the birth certificate. Ex. : Patrick Jones can t be Pat Jones on the Registration form. It has to be the full name on the birth certificate. (3) CURRENT Report Card, not last year s report card The report card has to have: (a) Players Name ( the way it is on registration form and birth certificate) (b) Grade Level (c) Current Year: ( ) (d) School Name & School Information Players that cannot provide certified birth certificate will not be allowed to participate until such proof of age is received. ALL Players MUST provide copy of a report card indicating the grade level of player in addition to their birth certificate is required to be turned into the Ga. office before player is eligible to play. Player cannot be more than one year older for his age group. Age is as of 9/1/2015.

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3 HOME SCHOOL players MUST provide documentation from the State Department of Education and belong to an accredited home school organization. They MUST play based on their age. Rosters: Team rosters will be limited to 15 players per team. Each team must have a typed score sheet and six (6) copies of their score sheet, in numerical order, and present one copy to the Official Scorer prior to each game. The score sheet is available on the web site at YBOAGA Scoresheet and MUST BE PRINTED LANDSCAPE. Any team NOT having a proper score sheet will be given an administrative technical foul to start the game. Players may not participate in more than one age division or more than one team. Once your team has been certified you will NOT have to do certification again until the State Qualifiers and that certification process will be a different certification form and will go through all of the same steps as above. If you ADD a player you must go online and add that player through our National Office at yboa.org and send a copy of a new team registration with that player s name along with his birth certificate and report card. If you receive an to notify you that you must certify or your team is missing documents please note that this CAN T and WILL NOT be handled over the phone. YOU MUST GO TO THE DESIGNATED SITE FOR CHECK-IN AND PRESENT YOUR TEAM CERTIFICATION PACKET. There are no exceptions. ALL TEAMS MUST CARRY THEIR TEAM REGISTRATION BOOK TO EVERY GAME IN EVERY TOURNAMENT Uniforms: All teams should have either reversible jerseys (with two different colors) or two sets of jerseys (light and dark) with numbers on front (2") and back of jerseys (6"), no exception. One administrative technical will be administered for any team that does not have numbers on front and back of jersey or illegal jersey. The home team in each game will wear the light colored jerseys. If undershirts are worn, they must be the same color as the jersey and all undershirts worn by a team must be the same color. YBOA plays under the International rules, so any number from 0-99 is a legal number.

4 GO ON-LINE AND COMPLETELY FILL-IN THE AREAS ON THE SCORE SHEET FOR YOUR TEAM AGE GROUP TEAM & COACH S NAME TEAM NAME JERSEY # S PLAYER NAMES MAKE 6 COPIES FOR EACH TOURNAMENT TO HAVE FOR SCOREKEEPER EACH TIME YOU ARE TO PLAY FOR THE DAY.

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6 MULTIPLE TEAM PARTICIPATION : A player is not allowed to participate on two different teams within the same grade level A player who meets all eligibility guidelines may only participate in up to two different grade levels within the same tournament provided both teams belong to the same organization, and have the same identical team name. However, a player may not participate in a Semi- Final or Championship game unless he/she participated in at least one game with each team prior to the Semi-Final or Championship game as part of the same tournament A player who meets all eligibility rules and participates on more than one team during the same tournament may only play a maximum of six games within any two-day span A player that meets all eligibility requirements and participates in two different grade levels must be listed on both rosters. Team Rankings: The teams are ranked by age group. These rankings are based on the team s results from playing in sanctioned YBOA tournaments ONLY. A point system is being used to rank the teams. A team receives 10 for 1st, 8 for 2nd, 5 for 3rd, 3 for 4th, 2 for winning at least one game (1-2 in pool play) and 1 for participating (going 0-3 in pool play). An average of all the teams tournament results will be used. : YOU MUST PLAY IN TWO (2) Georgia YBOA tournaments(prior to the State Tournament) in order to be ranked and to play in the State Championships.New for 2105 any team playing in three or more YBOAGA Tournamments will get two additional points for each tournament played. Teams playing up an age group will be given extra points for playing in an older group. ALL POINTS ASSIGNMENTS will be at the discretion of the State Director These ranking will be the basis for seeding the pools in tournaments. Seeding's in the State Championships may not agree with the seeding rankings. Strength of tournaments, etc. may adjust seeding for the pools. State Director will make this decision.

7 Coach's Attire: All coaches and assistants will wear long pants or dress shorts, shirts with collars or mock turtlenecks, and dress or basketball/tennis shoes. Casual and/or "cut off" shorts, warm-up suits, t-shirts, and open-toed shoes are not permitted. Tournament Director or Site Director has the authority to NOT allow any coaching staff on the bench if not in proper attire. Females can wear a dress or a blouse. These rules will be strictly enforced!! Admissions and Tickets: Cost will be $ 7.00 for adults and $ 4.00 per student on Friday. $ 8.00 for adults and $ 4.00 for students on Saturday and Sunday. Only three coaches per team will be allowed entry without admission fee if they have a 2015 YBOA Coaches card and wear approved attire. WELCOME TO YBOA of GEORGIA 2015 SEASON MAKE THIS A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR OUR YOUTH TO LEARN AND ENJOY THE GAME If you have any questions PLEASE CONTACT: Faye Tiller Ph or faye@yboaga.org