It also has the Launceston Basketball Association wishing the pandemic's mobile testing centre was mobile to relocate to benefit its players rather than testing motorists.

The centre's locality denies access to the Elphin Sports Centre under state government orders until September.

That has not been a problem for the past three months until stage three restrictions permits basketball to resume competition from July 13.

Both LBA president Craig Gibson and general manager Mitch Duhig continue to lobby government to access the four indoor basketball courts sooner than the lease expires in three months or to source other available venues.

Basketball Tasmania general manager Chris McCoy said the lack of alternatives around Launceston has been "quite painful" for the sport, leaving only Deloraine as the remaining realistic option.

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The Silverdome's possible two courts were a top option, but have been ruled out.

"It looks like to be at full capacity with existing users. We tried against schools to open, which we checked a lot of them around Launceston too," McCoy said.

"So we have been looking at Deloraine - the Launceston Basketball Association we think would need to take their domestic competition to Deloraine, which is not ideal, but we'd look to do that because it's a good facility."

The Deloraine Community Complex had multiple courts built in 2016, but, according to McCoy, a pledge from the government would leave all but one court idle should the LBA shift games 35 kms west of Launceston.

This comes after a degree of ambiguity applying to the wording of the rules over new coronavirus restrictions after McCoy found out that the government on Friday had "changed the goal posts".

Basketball Tasmania had been under the impression that the government initially approved a total of 20 players, coaches or officials to be inside each court at any given time, but have found out that the number only applies to people under the one roof.

McCoy said venues that could not play games that extended to other sports simultaneously on multiple courts were "quite ridiculous".

The worst affected was Kingborough Sports Centre that has not only basketball, but netball and squash courts, leaving out hundreds of participants waiting.

"It makes it hard to operate indoor sports," McCoy said.

Opposition sport spokesperson David O'Byrne called it a backflip that has thrown sporting plans into chaos.

"The rule change is nonsensical - if the four-metre rule is good enough for restaurants, pubs and large retailers, then why is it not good enough for basketball courts, netball courts and gymnastic training facilities?" O'Byrne said in a statement.

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