During the 30-second TO for replacing a disqualified/injured player, is there a warning horn, and if so, when?
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No warning horn. After letting the coach know he has to
replace a disqualified player instruct the timer to let you know when 30 sec is over. |
To avoid any problems with the coach not getting a sub in within the 30 second time limit...I have the timer tell me when we reach 20 seconds, so that I can tell the coach that there is only 10 seconds left.
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I agree that a coach has a 30 seconds with no warning horn. But, Dennis is not wrong in my book. Instructing a timer to give a warning at 20 seconds is good preventive officiating!
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Why not use a warning horn?
Have the timer sound a warning horn, then there is no doubt to anyone in the place that his time is running out.
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My Two Cents Worth
I really don't have any preference but here is why I believe there should be no warning horn.
#1. The warning horn in all other situations indicates to the referees and to the table that no player may be allowed to enter the game (during a time-out or end of quarter). I don't think using the warning horn as a "you're running out of time" warning would pose a problem but you never know. #2. The coach should be looking to find a replacement immediately. Many of the coaches I know would not replace the player until the horn went off. Leave the coaches guessing as to how much time is left! - Again, I don't see much of a problem with this. Just my two cents worth about possible reasons that there is no warning horn. |
Confusion on situation
What gets me is that the rulebook says nothing about a warning horn, yet the "instructions to timers" sheet (by the NFHS) says sound a horn at 20 sec.
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Are you sure that is not for the new 30 sec time out.
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Even more confusion
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The IAABO instructions say "warning signal" with ten seconds left. |
The other night, I had team A's coach try to tell my partner and I that team B's coach was not allowed to have his players huddle near their bench while the 30 second clock was running after a player had picked up her 5th foul.
I told him that there was no such rule and that I was 99.99% sure that that was not the case. As long as the remaing four (4) players stayed on the court, he could talk to them. |
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