Manual for Basketball Timers

Equipment
Two stop watches or electric wall timer.
Pistol, large gong or loud siren.

A conveniently placed table to accommodate
two timers and two scorers.

Procedure Before Game

Determine the starting time;

Consult the officials and determine the signals
they will use for time-in and time-out.

Agree as to which timer shall operate the game
watch and gun and which shall operate the time-
outiwatch and eerve as checker of the game watch.

Locate the dressing rooms and notify teams
and officials three minutes before starting time.

ao the scorers two minutes before starting
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Procedure During Game

Start the watch when the official whistles as
the ball leaves his bands for the toss to start the
game.

Except at the end of a period stop the watch
only on order from the official. Situations for
fficial will order time-out and the

a) When a personal foul is called, the official
raises his arm above his head.

b) When a substitution is to be made, the
official nods his d or motions for the
substitute to come on the floor. The scor-
er’s signal is not the signal for stopping
the watch unless the automatic wall timing
system is being used and this responsibility
has been delegated to the assistant officials.
When there is to be a charged time-out or
an officials’ time-out for a foul
or other stoppage, the official will hold
the palm of the hand toward the timer
and move it sidewise.

After time has been out, png the watch on
signal from an official. He will signal for time-
in by a chopping motion of the hand or with
the whistle.

Watch for the signal at the following times:

a) When play is resumed by a throw-in from

out of bounds the signal will be given
when the ball crosses the plane of the
boundary line.
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missed free throw the signal will be gi

as soon on it is wet that the ‘iow is

not successful. This occurs after a single

free throw for s personal foul and after
the last throw of a multiple throw if at
least one throw is for a personal foul.

If play is to be resumed by a jump, the
whistle is the signal to start the watch and
it will be sounded as the ball leaves the
official’s hands for the toss. Note that play
is resumed by a jump at center after a
single throw for a er foul, a mul-
tiple throw when all f are technical
and after a double fool or or fouls by both
teams which are a istered the same a8
a double foul.

Procedure at End of Period

When time for a period is about! ‘to expire-
Place the watch so that both timers may see both
it and the ball. Stop the watch at the instant
ays ip it sounded so it may be checked in’ case

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If you are unable to make the officia)’ hear the
signal, go on the floor immediately to notify
him. You are responsible for deciding whether
the ball was in the air on a try at the instant
time was up in case the signal did not sound or
was not heard by the official. :

Timing Information

For Gams Timzr:

High school quartere are 8 minutes. College
halves are 20 minutes,

High school overtime periods are 3 minutes
unless shortened by “sudden death’’ score. Col-
lege overtimes are 5 minutes.

For Cuecxinea Timmr:

Intermission between quarters is two minutes.

of a charged time-out is one minute.

— allowed for removing injured or disquali-

ied player is one minute. Time allowed for
ag substitution is thirty seconds.

If a substitute replaces an injured or disquali-

fied player, 30 seconds are allowed in addition

to the one minute for removal.

Intermission preceding each overtime period
i two minutes.

Intermission between high school halves is 10
minutes—between college halves 15 minutes,

When it is time for play to start or to be re-
aumed after stoppage, signal the official.

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