Thread: Injury Timeout
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Old Thu Oct 02, 2003, 10:20am
Ed Hickland Ed Hickland is offline
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Originally posted by Tom Hinrichs
Dont let the players leave the field (they may go near the sideline- you cant do anything about that) and the coaches cannot conference with players.

One important suggestion: This is an emotional time, when a player is hurt. The officials should get clear of the injured player and STEAR CLEAR OF COACHES.

Like you say this is an emotional time for players and coaches. I say don't worry about players and coaches conferencing as some of that may be to soothe a player who may be emotional.

Try to move players as far away from injured player as possible, in fact, the NFHS Officials Manual recommends "Direct players and coaches toward respective team bench area."
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