Mon12Oct
Coaching
Minis assistant coach, rest of season
5:30–7:00 PM, Mon & WedCypress Gym
Plus Saturday games at 9. Paired with a head coach.
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Volunteer
Coach a team. Ref a game. Keep the book.
The league runs on about sixty adults and teenagers who give two to five hours a week. You don't need to have played. You need to show up.
Three ways in
- Coach a teamCoachTwo practices and a Saturday game, September to December. You're paired with a coach who's done it before.
- Learn to refRefTwo Saturday clinics with Rodrigo. Teens 15 and up are paid $15 a Minis game.
- Keep the book or run the clockTableSaturdays only. Mr. Hobbs teaches you during one game.
Open shifts
Pick a spot this month
Every shift has a lead who meets you at the door. Coaching spots are for the whole season; everything else is one day at a time.
Sat10Oct
Table
Scorekeeper, Minis games
8:45 AM–11:00 AMCypress Gym
Track points and minutes. Mr. Hobbs sits beside you.
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Sat10Oct
Table
Game clock, Seniors games
3:15–5:30 PMCypress Gym
Start, stop, buzzer. That's it.
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Sat10Oct
Rides
Second adult on Van B
8:30 AM–12:30 PMLeaves from Cypress lot
Ride along, count heads, help with seatbelts.
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Sat24Oct
Refs
Ref clinic, part 2
10:00 AM–1:00 PMPeralta Street Rec
Bring part 1 notes. Lunch provided.
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Sat17Oct
Food
Snack table, Wheels Night
5:30–8:30 PMPeralta Street Rec
Orange slices, water, popcorn. Rosario runs it.
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Sat21Nov
Food
Turkey Tip-off kitchen
8:00 AM–2:00 PMCypress Gym
Carving, serving, cleanup. Families bring sides.
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Thu15Oct
Coaching
Girls' division assistant
5:30–7:00 PM, ThursdaysPeralta Street Rec
Toni is looking for one more adult on the bench.
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Nothing matches. Call Graciela and she'll find you something.
Demo board: tapping Sign up claims a spot on this page only.
The coach's code
Seven lines taped inside every clipboard
Every coach signs this in August. If you remember nothing else from the training, remember these.
Everybody plays half
Two full quarters for every kid on the roster, every game, whatever the score.
Since 2004
Two adults, always
No coach is ever alone with a player. Not in the gym, not in a car, not in a text thread.
No exceptions
Nobody leaves alone
A coach waits until the last kid is picked up or seated on the van.
Every practice
Talk to the ref once
Our refs are teenagers learning the job. One calm question a half, then let it go.
Every game
Learn every name by week two
And learn how to say it. Ask twice if you need to.
Week two
End in the circle
Every practice ends with one thing each kid did well, said out loud by the coach.
Every practice
High-five the other bench
After every game, in every division, whatever the score.
Every game
Staff & leads
The people in the gym
Two part-time staff and five volunteer leads. Every one of them answers their own phone.
Founder & board chair
Lonnie Rembert
Lonnie drove a forklift at the Port for twenty-six years and started the league in 2004 with a milk crate of balls on the 10th Street court. He still opens Cypress Gym every Saturday at 8:30.
Before you sign up
What new volunteers ask
Do I need a background check?
Yes, every adult who works with kids gets Live Scan fingerprinting. We book it and pay the $52. It takes about a week.
I never played organized ball. Can I still coach?
Yes. About a third of our coaches never did. You'll start as an assistant beside a head coach, and the August training covers drills and the rules.
Can teenagers volunteer?
Teens 15 and up can train as refs or keep the clock, and refs are paid. Younger teens help at the snack table with a parent.
How much time is it really?
Coaching is about five hours a week, September to December. A table or van shift is one Saturday morning, whenever you can.