Welcome to the Tacoma Basketball Board website. The Tacoma Basketball Board Chapter is made up of over 200 members. The organization is dedicated to providing quality officials for High School Basketball. The main coverage area for the Tacoma Chapter is a 50-mile radius.

THE CHALLENGE of officiating can provide some great personal rewards. As an official you must make instantaneous decisions, resolve conflicts and deal with stress and pressure. You are in a position to be a positive role model around children and young adults.

Most officials start at the youth and recreational program level. As you improve your skills and gain confidence you'll begin to ascend the ladder and work middle school and high school level games. Only after many years of hard work and selfless dedication might an official reach that pinnacle.  Basketball officials must be able to bring control to chaos; understand fairness; promote safety and encourage good sportsmanship. A basketball official must have the positive characteristics of a police officer, lawyer, judge, accountant, reporter, athlete and diplomat.

A good basketball official is also someone who can be put in a position of authority and handle the responsibility without being overbearing. As a basketball official, you're in charge, but it's the players who the fans have come to watch, not you.

Register here to become a Tacoma Basketball Board Official.

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