Four quarters of 10 minutes stop/start time. Start time when whistle blows. Stop time when whistle blows to stop play.
Alternate – 14 minute running time. Start time at first whistle. Stop time only for time outs and end of quarter.
5 minute half time (usually kept by officials).
Overtime is one 4 minute sudden victory period (only if agreed upon by both coaches).
End of Quarter
Notify both coaches when there is 5 min and 2 min left in quarter.
Notify official and coaches when 20 seconds left in quarter. Count down loudly from 5 and sound horn at “zero”
4th Quarter U15 only: Notify officials at 2:10 and 2:00
Clock Malfunctions
Try to inform the official while still keeping count in your head
Notify official at next dead ball.
Officials usually have a watch can change to running time.
Horn
Sound the horn if a coach calls for a horn
A horn can be called when the ball goes out of bounds on the sidelines and for U13 and U11 only, end lines too.
Substitutions can also be done after goals are scored and while penalties are reported to the scorer's table. All others substitutions need to be done ‘on the fly’.
Penalties
Official will signal: Color of offending team, number of player, and the penalty.
A technical foul is 30 seconds
A personal foul is 1-3 minutes and will be relayed to you by the official.
Keep players kneeling in the box while serving their penalty until 5 seconds remain on their penalty.
Tell the player at what time they will be released. Example: If the clock has 8 min left in the quarter, and it is a 30 second penalty, tell the player he will be released at 7 min 30 sec.
At 5 seconds he may be substituted for by another player
Count down from 5 loudly and yell “released” when penalty time reaches “zero”
Penalty time carries over into the next quarter and overtime.
If the penalty is on Team A and Team B scores, Team A’s penalties are released.
If the penalty is on Team A and Team A scores, Team A’s penalties are not released.
Non-releasable penalties always serve the entire time (not released by a goal).
Yell “all even” to allow all by coaches to know the penalty is released.
