Timeout!!

[Jon K.]

Originally Posted by KenWittlief

The timeout would be great for dramatic effect- like they do in football games

"Red side are you ready? OK

Blue side are you ready? Blue???"

"Time out!"

then pull a fan out of your pocket, pace back and forth fanning yourself... stop a few times and look up at the ceiling and breath deep

pull a small towel from your back pocket, wipe your brow

take another deep breath

hold you palm out towards the ref while you try your best to look like you are in great pain

then clap your hands once and say "OK! Im ready now!"

Our alliance did this at UTC so that we could get our spare batteries out of our pit and so that we could all get a breather in. It was definately a nice feature. It also gave us time to cool out motors down so they didn't overheat. I have a feeling this could have been a deciding factor when FIRST was considering adding the timeout rule.