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Originally Posted by CMHCoachNRef
First of all, some officials are quick to get the clock started on a time out -- getting the clock started well before the players are even close to being in the bench area. Solution: Wait until the teams are near the bench area (determine the type of time out during this interval), report the time out and have the timer start the clock. This allows a 30 second time-out to be close to 30 seconds (actually, effectively about 22 - 24 seconds). I have never understood (other than greed and selfishness) why an official is in such a hurry to shorten an already-short event even further.
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This I agree with though - it is a 30 or 60 second timeout, to start when BOTH teams are at their bench. That is what we are taught, and that is what I do.
"Full time out, white, [coach or player#]"
[wait until both teams are at their bench]
"Run it"
Never been sure what the hurry was...and why piss someone off because they think they got jobbed on something as silly as a few seconds of timeout?