Instructions on How to Wear the Foothill-SLAM NJB Uniform (01-03-09) Each year with new players and ones that forget, we need to provide examples of how to correctly wear the uniform. Below you will find two examples of how to correctly wear our uniform for games. Correct Way to Wear the Uniforms Home Games Wear White Away Games Wear Blue If the player wants to wear a t-shirt under the jersey, IT MUST BE THE SAME COLOR as the jersey. As part of the registration fee, Foothill provides an official blue t-shirt that can be worn under the blue jersey. The player can wear any white t-shirt under the white jersey for home games. It is not necessary to wear a t-shirt under the jersey but often the gyms are cold on Sundays and an extra layer may help to keep the player warm. Wrong – T-shirt must match Jersey Color Incorrect Way to Wear the Uniforms Wrong – Jersey and uniform trunks must be same color The referee may ask your player to remove a wrong color t-shirt prior to the game or during the game. The rules require the t-shirt to match the jersey color. Page 1 of 2 In addition to the jersey, trunks and t-shirts, players can purchase an optional shooting shirt. The shooting shirts match the uniform and give the player something to wear to and from games, as well as during games if the gym is cold. The shooting shirt does not have any printing on the back. You can take the shooting shirt to a local printer to have your player’s name printed on the back as shown below. Front Back These local printers often change ownership and move. Foothill keeps a local vendor identified in its FAQ’s on the web site at the following address, if you would like to have your player’s name printed on the back of the shooting shirt. http://www.njb-slam.org/fhslam/organization/faq.html#tshirtprinting We encourage you to purchase the shooting shirt in larger sizes, so your player can wear it for several years. Other things you should know about our uniforms include the following: • • • Our chapter recycles the jerseys. Your player will be issued a uniform at the beginning of the season and it must be returned at the end of the season after the last game. You may wonder why we don’t let the players reuse the same jersey from season to season. The reason is that the players grow (need a larger size) and more importantly, we need to have ten unique jersey numbers on each team. Part of the uniform distribution process is making sure each player gets the right size and all ten players have a unique number. There are only 35 valid basketball uniform numbers, because any combination of numbers cannot use the digits six, seven, eight or nine. The limited number of valid jersey numbers makes the process of assigning jerseys more interesting for our uniform coordinators. The players keep the basketball trunks and may use them year to year until they are too small. Before registration, you should have your player try on the trunks and make sure they fit. You may order a new pair of basketball trunks during registration if you need a larger size or lost last year’s trunks. Have a great season and be sure to wear the uniform properly! Page 2 of 2