Coming Out of a Timeout - How to Handle?

[Spence]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Teams should be ready to play at the 2nd horn. Around here, that means they're out of the huddle and either in place or almost there. They typically start breaking at the first horn.

Coach was right, and frankly, you can't blame him for taking longer timeouts when it was obvious you were letting the other team have that much time.

Pregame this with coaches. My coach pregame is short, but timeouts are 2 of my 4 points.
1. Let us know what you want (30 or 60)
2. Have them ready to play by the 2nd horn.
3. Please stay in your box.
4. Sportsmanship.

Where can I find wording that says they must be ready to play at the 2nd horn?

The rulebook and casebook both seem to deal with the offense not being ready. I assume if it were the defense that was not ready we would hand the ball to the offense and let them throw it in ?

It's a beautiful thing to see the defense HUSTLE to the court when the offense has the ball in hand & boy do they break the huddle in a timely manner for the rest of the game

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Spence

Where can I find wording that says they must be ready to play at the 2nd horn?

The rulebook and casebook both seem to deal with the offense not being ready. I assume if it were the defense that was not ready we would hand the ball to the offense and let them throw it in ?

The timeouts and intermissions have a set time. 30 seconds, 60 seconds, or 10 minutes. When that time is up, play begins.

You're right, you can just hand it to the offense and they'll play. Ch1town is also right, the defense hustles out.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Spence

Where can I find wording that says they must be ready to play at the 2nd horn?

The rulebook and casebook both seem to deal with the offense not being ready. I assume if it were the defense that was not ready we would hand the ball to the offense and let them throw it in ?

After a made basket followed by a 5 second throw-in violation they will learn there lesson.