• A time-out is an authorized stoppage of play requested by a team and granted by an official.
• Each team will have a limited number of timeouts for each game.
  • In NFHS regular season high school (and middle school) basketball games, teams get a total of 5 timeouts in regulation
    • Three 60-Second Timeouts (Full)
    • Two 30-Second Timeouts (Half)
    • Additionally, teams receive one additional 60-Second Timeout (Full) in each overtime period, regardless of the amount they already have.
  • In AAU, intramural, and recreation games, timeout number may vary based on the league specific rules

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Note: Always check the league and game rules for AAU, intramural, and recreation games before the start of the game to double check number of timeouts allowed, bonus free throw limits, player foul limits, etc.

• These rules will typically be provided at the scorer’s table of the gym or by a game administrator upon request. </aside>

• Timeouts can vary in length:

  • 60-Second timeouts
  • 30-Second timeouts
  • Media timeouts (which vary in length from league to league)
  • Mandatory timeouts (Pro Level Only)