2025-26 YMCA Basketball Portraits

Enter through front school entrance doors near circle drive.
Turn right and walk down the ramp into north gym.
Find your coach and gather as a group. Receive your QR code from coach.
Our staff will lead players and coach into south gym for portraits.

Parents

• Review email regarding name verification and team alignment. Reply to email with player name or team alignment changes by Friday, 12/26. 

• Ask child to wear green jersey.  White undershirts are appealing if an undershirt is chosen. Undershirts with logos not recommended. 

• Arrive 10 minutes prior to scheduled portrait time. Players not on time may not be in team photo.

• Help child loosely tuck in jersey, groom hair and check in with coach. 

• Players and Coach will proceed to the picture line in the south gym. Parents should remain in staging area / north gym to limit congestion.  

• There is nothing to turn in on picture day. We will notify you electronically when pictures are available online.  

• Note: While we aim to provide the best service possible, please understand our customer service table is staffed to service the 84 head coaches. We simply do not have the ability to service over 800 parents. Due to this, we kindly request you work with your coach to receive your QR code.

• Parents with children on multiple teams may find it convenient to have their portraits taken together. This can be completed at the earliest portrait time they are aligned to. In this situation, the parent will need to check-in at the customer service table to receive the additional QR code, and have the child lined up with their sibling / sibling's team. 

• Parents should not enter the portrait area in order to limit congestion.

Coach: Prior to picture day

•Ask players to arrive 10 minutes early, in green uniform. Coaches should wear matching shirts

Coach: On picture day

•If the coach is unavailable on picture day please designate another person to coordinate the team

•Coach, arrive 15 minutes prior to your portrait time. Report to portrait staff in staging area to get QR codes

•Assemble your team in the staging area. Hand each player their specific paper QR code. Confirm names are spelled correctly on each QR code form, notify photo staff of discrepancies.

•Our staff will direct your team to a photo line

•Coaches with children on the team should line up next to them and be photographed at the same time

Coaches should return unused QR codes to the customer service table prior to departing.

Important: Coaches who want to appear in the team photo must be photographed with their coach QR code. Coaches who would like a buddy shot with their child need to have that taken with the child's QR code.