Had I not read it here...

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by archangel

3rd game of the season, 5th grade girls coach asks for a timeout, so I blow whistle, make a "T" with my hands, point to her. She asks loudly "What did I do?", I, of course, look at her like she's nuts, say "You wanted a timeout!"

There's a funny little point to that one too......

The FED has said that it's OK for a coach or player to use the "T" signal to request a timeout. However, they don't want officials to use the same signal for that reason. The NFHS wants the usage of the "T" signal by officials reserved only for signaling technical fouls.

The approved mechanic is simply using the "stop clock" open-hand signal, and then following that with the approved signal for either a 30-second or 60-second timeout.