Pregame festivities

[SC Official]

I don't do the "let us know 30 or 60" thing during pregame. The coaches know all that stuff already, and me reminding them isn't going to all of a sudden make them better about it if they tend to forget.

"Everyone legally equipped? Have a good game."

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by SC Official

I don't do the "let us know 30 or 60" thing during pregame. The coaches know all that stuff already, and me reminding them isn't going to all of a sudden make them better about it if they tend to forget.
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They'll remember the first time they get charged a full (errr, 60 second) time-out when they only wanted a 30.

I tell my younger charges that instead asking over and over again, just pay attention to what the players do when they get to the bench area. If they sit, charge a full (my bad, 60), if they stay standing, charge a 30. Too many officials are in a rush to report the time-out; let the teams clear each other and use some common sense. It's also why I keep track of what type of time-outs the teams have remaining. Once they've used up their 30's, no need in me asking or wondering.

[LRZ]

At a recent middle school game, my partner: "Purple line all around."

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Raymond

... a full (errr, 60 second) time-out ...

Our interpreter wants us to verbalize, "Sixty", rather than, "Full".

Why? He wants us to be "professional", and "consistent".

He's been on this for several years, well before the 2018-19 Officiating Professionalism And Use Of Proper Terminology NFHS Point of Emphasis.

I think that he got a message from the International IAABO Grand Poobah after our guys were observed in state tournament games.

It's a small thing to ask, so I'm trying, with a lot of success.

He also wants our guys to stop signaling the sixty as a double foul, with fists rather than open hands. No problem for me, I've always done it the correct way.

[RedAndWhiteRef]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Our interpreter wants us to verbalize, "Sixty", rather than, "Full".

Why? He wants us to be "professional", and "consistent".

He's been on this for several years, well before the 2018-19 Officiating Professionalism And Use Of Proper Terminology NFHS Point of Emphasis.

I think that he got a message from the International IAABO Grand Poobah after our guys were observed in state tournament games.

It's a small thing to ask, so I'm trying, with a lot of success.

He also wants our guys to stop signaling the sixty as a double foul, with fists rather than open hands. No problem for me, I've always done it the correct way.

I'm in no position of authority, but that is one of my biggest pet peeves.

"Sixty" versus "Full" is splitting hairs IMO.

[ilyazhito]

Originally Posted by RedAndWhiteRef

I'm in no position of authority, but that is one of my biggest pet peeves.

"Sixty" versus "Full" is splitting hairs IMO.

It isn't. In men's college games without media, a long timeout (a full timeout) is 75 seconds, unlike HS or NCAAW, where a full timeout is always 60 seconds, media or no media. NBA full timeouts that are not mandatory timeouts are also 75 seconds, and mandatory timeouts are either 2:45 for games on local television or 3:15 for games on national television. For coaches who played in college before coaching high school, it is important to show and tell about the correct high school rules, thus "60 second" timeouts. I even had a freshman and JV girls coach not know she had to sit after she received a technical foul. I told her that in high school rules, a coach who receives a technical foul automatically loses the coaching box. This is the explaining I sometimes have to do about high school rules.