3rd Time Out

[chapmaja]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

That's not the procedure.

Tell the coach he's used his two timeouts.
If s/he insists, blow the whistle, show the YUD signal, and give the court right back to R1 who can beckon with (almost) no interruption.

After the point, have the scorekeeper (if s/he didn't already) record the delay -- this won't take any longer than any needed action to get the ball back to the next server (and, heck, it might be the end of the set, so there's ltos of time)

This isn't proper procedure either. The R2 is supposed to communicate with the scorer to assure the UD is properly noted on the score sheet. The UD needs to be recorded immediately.

We have a coach in my area that has developed a plan to use his UD Yellow's carefully and takes advantage of rules to give his team a break or get a "quick" time out.

Normally what he will do is send a sub to the substitution zone, then withdraw the substitution, resulting in an UD issuance. Since the R2 is required to make sure it is noted on the scoresheet, it gives him a few seconds to talk to his team before it is administered.

Our state association has been notified about this and has basically told our officials association that there is nothing to prevent him from doing it. They have said that it should not be considered as unsportsmanlike conduct because it is a situation covered within another area of the rules. (The UD rules).