Diamond Valley Basketball Association Behaviours Policy
Diamond Valley Basketball Association Behaviours Policy
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3 February, 2025 -
6:15 am
Good evening families,
With the Autumn 2025 season set to begin this weekend, it is important that we understand the
expectation that both Diamond Valley Basketball Association and St Thomas Hawks have on
player, coaching and supporter behaviour.
In 2024, St Thomas Hawks implemented a Behaviour policy after multiple reports from
Diamond Valley about unacceptable conduct by players and parents on and off the court.
St Thomas Hawks Behaviour Policy.
Diamond Valley has introduced their own policy due to increased reports in the competition. It
can be found here: 2025-DVBA-Behavioral-Policy-and-Procedure
Key call outs:
i) Spectator Behaviour
Spectators are encouraged to support their teams but must refrain from:
• Disputing referee decisions.
• Threatening or encouraging violence.
• Approaching referees, opposition members, or the scorebench.
ii) Behavioural technical fouls
Behavioural technical fouls will be called throughout a game with the consequences as follows:
Off-Court Penalties for Repeat Offenders:
• 2 technical fouls in 12 months: 2-week suspension.
• 3 technical fouls: 4-week suspension.
• 4 technical fouls: 6-week suspension.
• 5 technical fouls: 8-week suspension.
• 6 technical fouls: 12-month suspension.
IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR COACHES
Bench technical fouls are a technical foul committed by a team bench member and are
charged to the head coach.
This means that if a bench behavioural technical foul is given, it will be attributed to the coach,
and the coach’s technical foul tally will be added to as per the above.
This is a FIBA rule.
iii) Review Process
• DVBA will review reports received by Monday and issue decisions by the Wednesday
following the incident.
• Incidents must have corroboration from at least two sources to proceed.
• It is encouraged that if an individual feels that they may have been involved in an incident, they should get on the front foot and provide the information to their club, by
the Monday following the incident by 5:00pm.
• If DVBA have at least two sources of information, there is potential for the reported
parties and clubs to not be contacted till after a decision is made.
• The DVBA office will use the Basketball Victoria Tribunal Offences as a guide when
investigating any incident report and take a reduced position on the length of
suspensions listed aside each offense.
iv) Appeals
Clubs or individuals have 48 hours to appeal the decision. Appeals will only be considered if
new evidence is provided.
If the appeal is accepted, DVBA may:
• Review and amend the penalty.
• Keep the penalty as it stands.
• Refer the case to an alternate procedure.
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate in contacting Cassie Paveluc at