Timeouts waste time. Teams should be encouraged to reduce them to a minimum, while still being able to use them for serious issues.
We do not encourage teams to use timeouts for tuning their parameters.
The number and time of timeouts will not change, but after each timeout, the game will restart from a point in front of the team’s defense area (at least 700mm) and with a direct freekick for the opponent team.
From the rule proposal: