Forming league

Hey Dad!
You and the other Dads (and Moms) should be commended on all your hard work for the kids. Sounds like it started as something small, but now is growing. We started a recreational league for youth girls basketball in our town about 10-12 years ago, and it has been very popular and successful... see Charlevoix Youth Basketball Association: (http://www.homestead.com/CharlevoixRecLeague/index.html).

We went to the City of Charlevoix and were able to get our league put under the city's formal recreational department. Doing so gives us an identity and the city also puts $500 in our budget each year for uniforms, balls, etc. We also get free gym-time at the local middle school. We haven't hired any lawyers, but do have a waiver of liability that each kid's parent has to sign at registration before they can play. Being under the city's jurisdiction, I believe the liability falls under the city's liability policy that covers all its other recreational leagues (adult softball, volleyball, basketball, etc). We have rules and our organizational structure posted on the above website. Please feel free to look at those and adopt any of the rules that meet your needs.

If not your city, maybe go to some other community-based group, or church group to get started.

Get the other Dad's together in a meeting and form your executive committee, president, etc and set up your rules. It takes a little time, but is not too difficult to do, and is a fun and rewarding thing to do for the kids.

Also visit "The Coach's Clipboard" for all sorts of tips, drills, plays, strategies, links, etc at:
http://www.homestead.com/bbplaysdrills/index.html

Good luck!
Coach Gels