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There are no piggybacks or switches on timeouts (unless a foul has also been called).
THe official that recognizes the timeout should always report the timeout. If that official has the ball, he/she should bounce it to their partner. If they don't have the ball, the partner retreives it. After the report, the ball should be in the hand of the official that will administer the throw-in.
There should be plenty of time to get to te right spot after the report.
Regarding positioning...at the time of the timeout, imagine that a defensive violation has just occurred at the location of the ball. Determine the spot of the throw-in and positions as if a violation occured. Go to those spots only deviating to report the timeout or to go the the division line. You never go to your partners spot.
Simply said, if the ball is to be put in play on your line after the timeout, you go immediately to the throwin spot. If the ball is to be put in play on your partner's line, you go directly to the division line. (but only after reporting, if you called the timeout).
[Edited by Camron Rust on Dec 4th, 2001 at 06:57 PM]
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