Time-Out Requests

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

Not only that but the request had to be verbal. There was no visual signal that was recognized as timeout.

In my first year, an experienced official took great care to explain to the captains that if they made the "T" signal with their hands, he would give them what they asked for.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

In my first year, an experienced official took great care to explain to the captains that if they made the "T" signal with their hands, he would give them what they asked for.

Wow.

I simply ignored it and usually followed it with a whistle for travel that was almost guaranteed to follow. It never felt right and I hated it but the rule was clear. I was glad when they made the visual request a valid way to request a timeout.