Newfoundland Labrador Basketball Association: Coaching
Resources
The NLBA is pleased to provide coaches with the resources to help them improve. Whether you are a beginning coach or a more seasoned one, these resources will prove to be useful. Links to our curriculum, manuals, videos and Gameplan resources, means you and your team can be prepared for any competition. Our skill and concept library will be constantly updated to provide new drills and ideas for coaches to use in their practices to help improve their players and teams.
Register for NCCP Learn to Train, NCCP Train to Train, NCCP Train to Compete and get other resources for coaching.
Get your NCCP number and take the mandatory courses under multisport: NCCP Safe Sport, NCCP Understanding the Rule of Two and NCCP Making Headway
FIBA Official Basketball Rules (OBR) are approved by the FIBA Central Board and they are available for download by clicking the button above.
- MINOR BASKETBALL RULES AND REGULATIONS - updated Mar 2026
- FIBA Rules
- 8 Player Rotation Sheet
- 9 Player Rotation Sheet
- Setting up a School Team
- School Pick Up Form
- NLBA Curriculum
- NLBA Player to Player defensive rules videos
- NLBA 3-on-3 Rules and Set-up videos
- Skill and Concept Library
- Score Sheets
- Provincial Team Manual
- Glossary of Basketball Terms
- Sport for Life - A Sport Parent Guide
- Faith Based Items and Spiritual Artifacts
Canada Basketball and Canadian Basketball Officials Commission
Faith Based Items and Spiritual Artifacts
Canada Basketball / Canadian Basketball Officials Commission (CBOC) have updated its guidelines on wearing faith-based items and spiritual artifacts. Our NLBOC officials will follow these guidelines. Please ensure you have reviewed it before your games.
These guidelines affirm Canada Basketball’s commitment to equity, inclusion, and religious freedom, while providing referees, coaches, and players with a clear framework for managing faith-based items in games.
Find the full document here.
For more information or questions about these guidelines, contact certification@basketball.ca








