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To: britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk, Jesse Spohnholz <js26@st-andrews.ac.uk>
From: Neil Travers <neil@dreamer.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Rule clarification article. (fwd)
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In article <Pine.SOL.3.96.980703143744.20547E-100000@pesto>, Jesse
Spohnholz <js26@st-andrews.ac.uk> writes
>Airspace  - Airspace is what's above you.  You own everything up to
>heaven.  Hence another player can't put a hand over your head to knock
>the disc away.  

>You also cannot reach completely over another player and swat it down in
>front of her.  I saw this in a recent game, the Y player insisting, "I
>didn't touch her."

I would say this is an incorrect interpretation of the rules.  Although
the airspace above you is yours that doesn't mean someone else can't use
it, just that they can't prevent you from using it.  So if there is any
contact directly above you, it is always their fault.

So I would say that you can put your hand above someones head to knock
the disk away, so long as you don't touch them and they don't touch you
(still your fault, since it's their space). The same for reaching over
them, it *is* OK if there is no contact.


> WFDF 1996 rules
> 404.14 Positioning

> D. Principal of Verticality: All players shall have the right to the
> space immediately above them. Accordingly, a player cannot prevent an
> opponent from attempting to catch a pass by placing his arms above an
> opponent. If a player so places his arms, and contact occurs, a foul
> may be called. 


Everyone should try to read the rules at least once (I know its boring,
but you are playing a self governed sport, you should know the rules).

http://www.ira.uka.de/~thgries/wfdf/rulesbook/96rulult.htm


-- 
Neil Travers