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Originally Posted by stiffler3492
Team A requests and is granted a timeout. As the teams are going to their benches, when do you instruct the timer to begin the timeout?
A) Right away
B) When both teams get to their benches EDIT: or after they have had ample time to organize.
Why do you do what you do? Is there a prescribed way to do this?
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I notify my partners first. Then I monitor the players as they go to their benches to ensure no dead-ball shenanigans. By that time the players are always clearly in their respective bench areas.
I've have scorers who seem to freak out b/c I don't indicate right away what type of TO it is. I indicate to them with my body language that I'm in charge, not them.