time violation
Served too slowly
A time violation is an infraction in sports—especially tennis, basketball, and chess—for exceeding allotted time limits.
In tennis, players receive time violations for taking too long between points or during changeovers: She received a time violation warning before her second serve.
In chess, exceeding your clock time forfeits the game.
- infractionMinor rule breach
- shot clockTimer limiting possession duration
- breachBreaking of agreement
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
- delay of gamePenalty for slow play
tardiness · foul · limitation · restriction · expiration · tennis · pitch clock · chess clock · suspension · delay · regulation · rule · basketball · constraint · point penalty · offense · lag · interruption
- tennisace, serve, forehand, backhand, volley
- sports infractionsfoul, red card, ejection, disqualification, penalty
- basketball rulespersonal foul, technical foul, traveling, double dribble, carrying
- game callsfoul, offsides, offside, traveling, travel
- baseball incidentsbalk, error, ejection, interference, obstruction
- foulslow blow, headbutt, eye gouge, biting, rabbit punch
type of procedural violation
time violationfoot fault
Illegal serve positioning
boundary violation · double fault · let · service fault · traveling
time, violation, times, timed, timing, timely, untimely, timer, timeless