How To Be An NSO

Penalty Box Timing

Why Penalty Box Timing?

• To enforce all penalties
• Rules 5.1.2 and 5.2 state that there must be enough officials to keep track of:
• Which Skaters have been assessed how many penalties, and which have been served
• How long a given Skater has been seated for each penalty
• To keep track of box related stats
• Position of penalised skater
• Number of trips to the box
• Jammer swaps
• Etc.

General Description

• There are two Penalty Box Timers
• They record when a skater enters the

Box, who the skater is, and what position they are.

• They record when the skater can leave, and verbally notify the skater when their time has been served.
• They are in the Penalty Box, on either side of the Penalty Box Manager

Equipment

• Clipboard
• Penalty Box Timing sheets
• Pen/Pencil
• Stopwatch

Box Layout

• There are 6 seats in the penalty box, three for each team. The teams will be directed to sit on the side opposite from the team bench
• A maximum of three skaters from each team can be seated in the Box: 2 Blockers and 1 Jammer.
• A third blocker may sit in a seat behind a standing blocker
• If there is no space, the blocker will be returned to track

Box Layout

• Unless the box is split into two, there is no ‘correct’ side of the box
• There is also no ‘correct’ seat for particular skaters
• Timing MUST start for the skater as soon as they sit on ANY seat
• For ease of keeping track of who is in the box, Box Timers may ask skaters to move after they have sat
• The box will be marked with tape, the tape is considered part of the box

Paperwork

Period Number

Jam Number

Stopwatch times

Jam Tracking Notes

Penalty Tally

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Skater Information

Paperwork

• Starting with 1 each period, write the jam number of when a skater enters the Penalty Box.
• Multiple skaters may be entering the Penalty Box during the same jam and each skater must be accounted for individually.
• If the skater enters the Box between jams, mark the 'Btwn Jams' column, and enter the upcoming jam # in the Jam # column.

Timing

• When the first skater enters the Penalty Box, the stopwatch will read '0:00', this is the IN time. As soon as the skater sits, start the stopwatch and the skater will be in the Penalty Box for 30 seconds.
• '0:30' will be entered for DONE.
• Since the skater is required to stand for the last 10 seconds, subtract those seconds from the DONE time and that is written in the STAND box, in this case '0:20'.

Timing

• Skaters are required to stand for the final 10 seconds of their penalty, notify them with the verbal cue 'Colour, #, STAND'.
• If they do not stand fully upright, stop their time and notify them with the verbal cue ‘TIME STOPPED, Colour, #'. Restart the watch as soon as they comply.
• When a skater's penalty time has ended, use the verbal cue 'Colour, #, DONE'.

Timing

• If another skater from the team enters the Box while the first skater is still being timed, write the time that the stopwatch indicates for IN, then add 30 seconds and write this under DONE, now subtract 10 seconds to show what time to STAND.

Timing

• Time stops between jams, and restarts at the beginning of the next jam. If a skater has not finished serving their time before the end of the jam, indicate the time shown on the stopwatch in these boxes.
• If short enough, a skater can sit in the Box for multiple jams.

Timing

Timing

• The pink boxes of this column should be pre-printed with skater numbers in alphanumeric order. For every penalty a skater sits in the Box for, draw a hash mark in the white area below their number.
• If a skater sits in the Box for a combined total of 5 or 6 penalties, confirm with the Penalty Box Manager, or direct with the infield NSOs

Timing

• If a skater is sent to the Box for a 7th penalty, they have fouled-out.
• A fouled-out skater may be removed from the Box before their time has expired. The chair should be marked to show that it is still ‘occupied', and timing should continue as normal. Another skater should not sit in this chair until there are fewer than 10 seconds remaining.
• If the jam ends before the penalty time has expired, the team will need to substitute the fouled-out skater.

Timing

Timing

• If a Skater leaves the box early, indicate the time when the Skater left along with the note 'Left Early'. When the Skater returns to the Penalty Box, add a new line for the remaining time and additional penalty, if applicable.
• If a Skater is found to have sat in error or their penalty is overturned, draw a single line through the row for that trip and note either 'No penalty' or 'Penalty overturned'. Erase the tally mark from the Total Penalties section.

Penalty Box Violations

• A Skater leaves the box early
• Any skater coming in 'hot' and knocking chairs out of place, potentially injuring Officials, or colliding with other skaters will be penalised
• Other skaters or bench staff entering the box to communicate with a penalised skater
• A skater leaving the box during a timeout
• Removing safety equipment while in the box

Communication

• Communication with the Penalty Box Manager, other Penalty Box Timer and Inside Whiteboard is very important
• The Penalty Box Manager will time the Jammer penalties, but the Box Timers will record them
• If a skater needs to be returned to the box (space in the box, left early etc.), the Penalty Box Manager needs to be informed immediately

Tips

• Do not fill in jam numbers ahead of time
• Check the jam number with the other Box Timer and Scoreboard regularly
• Check the penalty tallies with the inside whiteboard regularly to make sure that the correct number of penalties have been recorded

Questions?