{"id":181,"date":"2012-02-06T14:06:10","date_gmt":"2012-02-06T19:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aybtour.com.olive.arvixe.com\/?page_id=181"},"modified":"2024-04-06T09:42:01","modified_gmt":"2024-04-06T14:42:01","slug":"participating-in-nationals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/aybtour.com\/?page_id=181","title":{"rendered":"Participating in Nationals"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Tips for Participating in a National Youth Basketball Tournament<\/h2>\n<p>\n\t<strong>For Parents:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Purchase and wear an attendance wristband.<\/li>\n<li>Remember that the last day is single-elimination tournament format.<\/li>\n<li>Arrange for the lodging and food\/drink needs of your player.<\/li>\n<li>Follow AYBT and hotel lodging guidelines.<\/li>\n<li>Attend any special events.<\/li>\n<li>Encourage your son or daughter and their teammates.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid criticizing the other team, their coaches or the officials.<\/li>\n<li>If possible, purchase some AYBT youth basketball gear for your son or daughter as memorabilia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t<strong>For Players:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Participate in special events.<\/li>\n<li>Be prepared to play two games a day until the last day.<\/li>\n<li>Behave according to hotel\/AYBT guidelines at all times.<\/li>\n<li>Play hard and to the best of your ability in all games.<\/li>\n<li>Have fun!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t<strong>For Coaches:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Produce age\/grade\/photo verification documents at registration.<\/li>\n<li>Be aware of the benefits of staying at preferred hotels.<\/li>\n<li>Watch for any schedule changes during nationals week and disseminate that information to team members.<\/li>\n<li>Distribute giveaways.<\/li>\n<li>Encourage parents to cheer for the players and avoid criticizing the other team, their coaches or the officials.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tips for Participating in a National Youth Basketball Tournament For Parents: Purchase and wear an attendance wristband. Remember that the last day is single-elimination tournament format. Arrange for the lodging and food\/drink needs of your player. Follow AYBT and hotel lodging guidelines. Attend any special events. Encourage your son or daughter and their teammates. Avoid [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-181","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P2mPkF-2V","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/aybtour.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/aybtour.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/aybtour.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aybtour.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aybtour.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=181"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/aybtour.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3685,"href":"http:\/\/aybtour.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/181\/revisions\/3685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/aybtour.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}