BASKETBALL ETHICS Page 13.
FOR COACHES

1. Instruct your players according to the letter and spirit of
the Rules.

2. Insist that your players do not question the judgement
decisions of a referee. In disputes covering misinterpretation of
rules have your captain call time out and discuss in a gentlemanly
manner with the referee the situation in so far as the rules cover
it.

5. Treat the visiting team coach with the same friendly attitude
that you would hope for when your team played on an opponent's
court.

4. Secure honest and capable officials, prefcrably members of
the National Association of Approved Basketball Officials. Do not
attempt to intimidate them or talk to them prior to the contest
regarding the faults of your opponents. It is advisable to stay
away from the officials before the game and between the halves.
Therr is no one more vitally interested in having a well officia-
ted game than the official himself. A basketball official is call-
ed upon to make many judgement decisions and occasionally he will
make mistakes. Usually, however, the average official does not make
the number of mistakes that the average coach or player is guilty
of during the course of a game.

5. The Coaching Ethics Committee of the National Association of
Basketball Coaches intends making a National Drive to improve
specattor sportsmanship. From the reports of our predecessors on
this committee we firn that the attitude of the coach on the bench
either encourages good spectator and player sportsmanship of throws
fuel on the fire of poor sportsmanship which The Nationsl Basketball
Coaches Association is attempting to eliminate. If the coach is in
the habit of making uncomplimentary gcestrres everytime the official
calls a foul on one of his players, then you can be assured that
the partisans of his team will bresk loose in their loud disapproval
of the decision. This condetion sometimes leads to worse situations
on the court as spectators exercise a rremendous influence in de-
termining the sportsmanship attitude of the lack of it among the
contestants.

6. The coach should make efforts prior th the oponing of the
season to encourage good specaator sportsmanship. This can be acc-
omplished if the coach would request The College Dean of The High
School Principal for permission th address one of the school assenb
lies prior to the opening of the basketball schedule. Notices in
the school's weekly publication before the season opens is another
means, especially in large universities where it is implssible to
cottact directly all the students. Sinilar prblicety in the locel
newspapers may help educare local fans who ere not connected with
the institution, The coach should stress the fact that it is un-
ethical, unsportsmanlike, and ungentlemenly for a student or spec-