Bump The Timeout ...
 

We used to be able to do this, calling it "bumping the timeout", but then it got changed to having to go from the endline, to the reporting area, and then back to the endline, with our partner taking his spot at the division line.

I can't remember if it was changed under NFHS mechanics (that we use to use several years ago), or our newer IAABO mechanics.

I do remember our local interpreter telling us the reason for the change, because there were some mistakes taking place during the "bump". Official 1 grants a request for a timeout to Team A, it gets "bumped" to his partner, who happens to be closer to the table, and Official 2 reports the timeout as charged to Team B. That's how the reasoning was explained to us. With no "bumping", Official 1 grants the request for the timeout, and he's the one who reports the timeout to be charged to Team A. No chance for a mistake.

If anyone wasted my time, it was me. ;)

Peace

Needs to be communication between the two officials for sure, to avoid any confusion. I don't think it is the "Official" NFHS mechanic, but like I said, I have never been questioned about it. I have been calling with the same partner for almost 10 years, so we pretty much know exactly were the other is going to be at all times.

If I have to, I set the ball on the floor at the inbounds spot. It's a good indication of where the inbounds spot is and I've never had anyone touch the ball. If I am at the spot, I hold the ball on the side of me where the spot will be. We will at least make eye contact and point to the spot. If we talk, we say WHO has the ball and WHERE. Good habits come in handy at crucial times.

But you said that in Connecticutt the non-administering official never goes to the throw-in spot. That the administering official has to leave the ball at the throw-in spot to facilitate any conversations.

Am I wrong in that inference?

Singing Along, Side By Side ...
 

We have been instructed to hold the ball either in front of our body, or behind our body, if the throwin is on an endline, to remind us which way the ball is going. Similarly, on the sideline, hold the ball on one side, or the other.

Leave The Ball There ...
 

We have been told that, during a timeout, if the administering official, who is on a boundary line, wants to initiate a conversation with his partner, who is on the division line, that the administering official should leave the ball on the boundary line as he moves toward his partner. Usually the nonadministering official will move toward his partner also, meeting somewhere near the free throw line, or three point line. In a real noisy gymnasium, and we have several of those, if the administering official can't get his partner's attention, then he may end up moving all the way to the division line. In either case, we leave the ball on the boundary line.

I've been taught never to leave the ball on the court......

When In Connecticut ...
 

Just recently, maybe within the past five years, we were told that we were allowed to leave the ball on a boundary line. Previously, there wasn't any guideline in regard to this.