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Originally Posted by Brad
Why?
I've used this very simple process for the last 15 years and every successful official that I know does the same:
Coach: "Give me a time-out if it goes in."
Me: "You got it."
*** Ball goes in ***
Me: **tweet** "Time-out"
I know that this is going to bring out some Rulebook Robbies that love to get caught up in the minutiae of the rules, but this is such a great example of when common sense prevails.
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I do the same. Hasn't bit me in 23 years. I'll still look in the direction of the coach, though, to see if he's changed his mind.
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Originally Posted by BadNewsRef
Pay attention to your primary. It's not your job to monitor for the conditional time-out.
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Awareness of timeout scenarios separates officials, like it or not. It's not like you have to stare at the ball handler, either. You *know* where the ball is with your periphgeral vision -- besides, if the ball is still in the backcourt, the odds of nefarious things happening in the front court are pretty small.