You keep track of timeouts how?

[Gutierrez7]

Originally Posted by JetMetFan

Never, never have I had this in a game. Ever.

Working a BV game Sunday afternoon. Team A's HC casually asks the official scorer how many timeouts his team has left. The scorer tells the coach, the coach says that doesn't seem right because his assistant has something different and can they compare. Then the scorer says...

He keeps track of timeouts in his head.

Why, you may ask, does the scorer do this? The young man tells the HC no one ever told him he had to write them down. The HC makes a beeline to our R to explain what he was just told and the scorer repeats his reasoning for the R.

Incredible.

Spending time at the scorer’s table and discussing their responsibilities prior to the beginning of the game is required by Rule. Failing to do so is a dereliction of the duties of an official.

Rule 2.4.3 Designate the official scorebook and the official scorer prior to the scheduled starting time of the game. Note: Rule 2.11.12 The official scorer is required to wear a black-and-white vertically striped garment.

Rule 2.11 Art.1-12 Scorer’s Duties… to many to list here. However, Rule 2.11.6 Record the time out information charged to each team (who and when) and notify a team and its coach, through an official, whenever that team is granted its final allotted charged time-out.

Note: The Referee has the responsibility by Rule to make sure the scorekeeper SHALL perform his/her duties. Copy these Rules and hand them to the table if you have to, but get it done and stop blaming the table for an officials failures.

You were correct in your OP: “Never, never have I had this in a game. Ever.” And if the Referee would perform their duties as required by Rule, this won’t ever happen.

Hope this helps.