Proper Positions during Time Out?

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Your method and Billy's method both require the officials to sometimes switch. Some states have the officials set so there is no switch. One will be a the inbound spot, the other at the division line. Do what is expected in your area.

Actually, IAABO tells us not to switch: 2007-08 IAABO Two Person Mechanics Manual, Page 63, Timeout Procedures: "W. Officials do not switch positions during a timeout, positions are to be as prior to the timeout being granted".

By our own local board mechanics, we do not allow the "bumping", or passing off, of a timeout. If the lead official grants the timeout, no matter how far away he, or she, is from the table, only he, or she, can go to the reporting area to report the timeout, after which, he or she, will go back to his, or her, position as prior to the timeout being granted. We also have another local mechanic: "Officials should be at that position after the time out is reported to the scorer/timer", meaning that the granting official goes back to his, or her, position immediately after the timeout is reported, not after the warning horn, or the final horn, sounds.

I can't believe that IAABO tells us not to switch, but fails to tell us whether we should "bump", or not, and fails to tell us when we should go back to our positions, right away, warning horn, or final horn. Our local, and state board, does a better job with mechanics than those published by the International Association. I wish we still used NFHS mechanics. As good ole Charlie Brown used to say, "Good grief".