Running time sitch

[APG]

In games with a running clock and coming from a TO, I would start the clock normally...as though it wasn't a running clock.

[JRutledge]

I do what we normally do unless instructed otherwise. I have worked a tournament that even had time running during a timeout in some situations.

Peace

[HokiePaul]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

On those occasions where I've worked with running clocks, anytime it is stopped for a time-out, the clock resumes the same as it would in a regulation game.

Originally Posted by APG

In games with a running clock and coming from a TO, I would start the clock normally...as though it wasn't a running clock.

This is what's common in my area.

[walt]

I agree with the comments that say check with the league admins. We have two men's leagues here and after timeouts, one starts the clock with ball at disposal and one starts as we would normally have it start.

[so cal lurker]

CYO around here uses a running clock except in the last two minutes -- several other youth leagues do as well. After TOs, the clock restarts when it would in a normal game (and it is the same in the other leagues I've seen use it). I have been bewildered over the years at how few of the coaches understand how to use their timeouts effectively to manage the clock in that time period just before the clock starts stopping.

[jpgc99]

If you start the clock at the disposal, are you chopping that in? I think - especially in the context of men's wreck ball - that I would just go to football mechanics and wind it up.

Joking aside... Without guidance from game admin, I would start the clock when it would start again by rule, as if there was no running clock.

[constable]

start the clock when the ball becomes live... you'll get outta there sooner!

Originally Posted by constable

start the clock when the ball becomes live... you'll get outta there sooner!

Bingo. They have running clocks for a reason. This is the reason.

[bainsey]

Originally Posted by jpgc99

If you start the clock at the disposal, are you chopping that in? I think - especially in the context of men's wreck ball - that I would just go to football mechanics and wind it up.

Joking aside... Without guidance from game admin, I would start the clock when it would start again by rule, as if there was no running clock.

The key difference here is there IS a running clock. That is, if you're in running time, you call a shooting foul, and no-one requests a time-out, the clock runs during the free throws. How is this any different after a time out? I say the most fair time to start the clock is when the ball becomes live.

Didn't think about chopping time in, though. That's an amusing observation. I usually (not always) chop time in after a throw-in during running time, but only to keep good habits, and it's usually a half-hearted chop. The timekeeper ignores these signals, anyway.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by bainsey

The key difference here is there IS a running clock. That is, if you're in running time, you call a shooting foul, and no-one requests a time-out, the clock runs during the free throws. How is this any different after a time out? I say the most fair time to start the clock is when the ball becomes live.
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So, if there is a throw-in, you start the clock immediately also?