Time out (sport)

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An official shows a time-out in Roller Derby on

Time out or English timeout is a term from the sport and means an interruption of the game, which can be used by a team. Time out can be taken to adapt the tactics to new circumstances, for example to react to a player's injury-related elimination.

The timeout occurs mainly in sports that are popular in the USA . The number of time-outs that each team is entitled to and their length is precisely anchored in the rules. The referee signals is present in almost all sports a molded with the hands or fingers "T". In American football , however, this symbol is only used for a TV or radio timeout. In some sports arenas, the time-out is indicated by a referee stretching out his arms to the side with the palms facing upwards and then folding his forearms in until the fingertips touch the shoulder (see picture on the right).

American football

In American football , each team has three time outs per half . However, time outs can also be deducted, for example in the event of an unsuccessful challenge . The time-out is also important because it can be used to stop the clock. The two-minute warning is a special time-out that is mandatory two minutes before the end of the second or fourth quarter, and two minutes before the end of each overtime .

basketball

The rules regarding time out in basketball vary by league. In Germany, each team has two time-outs of one minute in the first half and three in the second half. Unused time outs expire.
In the NBA is between a 20-second timeout (one per half) and a full break (full timeout) distinguished. Each team is entitled to seven of these per game, but there are two additional limits. From the last quarter, the team has a maximum of four time outs, in the last two minutes a maximum of three.

Billiards (carom)

In the collision scene , the term timeout has wrongly established itself for the actually intended increase in peak times. Even the world association Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB) uses this “wrong” terminology in its regulations.

Ice hockey, floorball and hockey

In both ice hockey and floorball , one time-out per team and game is permitted during regular time. Often it is taken by a team that is just behind the game shortly before the end of the game in order to prepare for the removal of the goalkeeper. In hockey , each team has a time-out of one minute per half. This must be indicated to the referee using the time-out card if he is in possession of the ball.

Handball

A break in handball. The coach gives his team tactical instructions for the remaining playing time.

When Handball total of three times, a since the 2012/2013 season by each team team timeout (TTO) are taken from a minute. However, a maximum of two time-outs per half are permitted and only one time-out per team may be taken in the last five minutes of a game. In many regional associations that are responsible for the middle and lower divisions, this rule has not been adopted. There it still applies that only one time-out can be taken per half and team. Unused time outs expire.

A time-out is given by an official of the ball-bearing team placing a time-out card on the table of the arbitration board, which consists of the timekeeper and secretary . As soon as the so-called green card touches the table, the referee is required to immediately emit an acoustic signal (horn, siren or whistle) and thus interrupt the game. If a team is not in possession of the ball, it cannot request a timeout.

Table tennis

In table tennis , either party - single or double - can take time out in a game. The time-out ends as soon as the requesting party is ready to play again, but at the latest after one minute. The exact procedure is regulated in the table tennis rules, part B, paragraph 4.4 "Breaks and interruptions".

The time-out was introduced internationally in 1998. At that time, the ITTF Congress decided to test this rule in the ProTour tournaments in 1998/99.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ World Cup Three Cushion Rules. (PDF) Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB), December 15, 2018, archived from the original on September 18, 2019 ; accessed on September 18, 2019 (English).
  2. ↑ mak: HBL: Disciplinary Commission and 3rd time-out, but still with 14 players. At: handball-world.com on July 8, 2012
  3. ↑ DTS magazine , 1998/7, p. 7