Interesting T

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by OHBBREF

Shirley - you jest!

An official does not have the authority to charge a timeout to himself

Does it really matter what we call it?

[OHBBREF]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

Does it really matter what we call it?

Well it does matter but that wasn't really my point,
my point was that he was going to take time out /suspend play to discuss the behavior of player who had slammed the ball "into the rafters" according to the OP.
Even if that is just in frustration that has to be a T.
The child has to learn to take responsibility for their actions and control themselves and saying it doesn't matter how high they slam it you are not going to T - them you are going to talk them down is a problem for the game.
you are not there to be a counsler.

Yes I have done it with kids - used some dead ball time to stop a situation from going any further, with two players involved yes, but not for something that would be this blatant.

I am just saying do not go coaching and counseling players individually in situations where everyone already thinks there should be a T.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by OHBBREF

Well it does matter but that wasn't really my point,...

I agreed with you on the rest...ball goes that high, it's will be a T under all but a most extreme set of circumstances.

As for what we call it. I don't agree that it matters. It is NOT the same as "reaching in", "over the back", etc. Those miscommunicate what happens in a way that is detrimental...implying what could be an entirely legal act as being illegal. We could call such a stoppage a respite, a lull, a break, or any other synonym for all anyone would care and it would never make a difference.

It is even more irrelevant of an argument than worrying about whether a coach requests or calls timeout and on par with whether you call it an endline or a baseline.