From britdisc-owner@csv.warwick.ac.uk Wed Aug 12 17:48:45 1998 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.8.7/8.8.8) id RAA27395 for britdisc-outgoing; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 17:35:29 +0100 (BST) Received: from post.mail.demon.net (post-12.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.41]) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id RAA27384 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 17:35:27 +0100 (BST) Received: from (otto.crispgroup.co.uk) [193.237.6.65] by post.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 1.82 #2) id 0z6drx-0007Zv-00; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 16:35:26 +0000 Received: from [129.1.1.241] by otto.crispgroup.co.uk (NTMail 3.03.0017/1.aia2) with ESMTP id ba011181 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 17:31:49 +0100 Received: from [129.1.12.90] by homer.crispgroup.co.uk (NTMail 3.03.0012/1.aia2) with ESMTP id ya022566 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 17:31:27 +0100 Received: by raviben810.crispgroup.co.uk with Microsoft Mail id <01BDC618.0DBF5680@raviben810.crispgroup.co.uk>; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 17:38:44 +0100 Message-ID: <01BDC618.0DBF5680@raviben810.crispgroup.co.uk> From: Ben Ravilious <Ben.Ravilious@crispgroup.co.uk> To: "britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk" <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk> Subject: Re: Leagues Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 17:38:43 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Info: Crisp Computing Mail Server Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk id RAA27385 Sender: owner-britdisc@warwick.ac.uk Precedence: bulk -----Original Message----- From: David Grayson [SMTP:david@mcg.gla.ac.uk] Sent: 12 August 1998 18:10 To: britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk Subject: Scottish Student League The only advice I would give to regions on the basis of last years experience in Scotland is to make sure all clubs agree the schedule and aims of the league beforehand. By this I mean that with just a few teams it works better if everyone is using it either to develop newer players or to develop A teams. There were a few matches last year which did little for the teams or players involved. [Ravilious, Ben] This is a very important point as we have found with our league in Leicester. The general level of play was much higher than I had expected. We lost (only temporarily I hope) some of the real newbies who felt completely out of their depth. I think I nipped it in the bud (peace be upon him ;-) by separating experienced and non-experienced players in subsequent games. Experienced people can become complete bastards once they get that adrenalin rush! Try telling them to make sure the beginners are being used - Huh! We have generally found that streaming by experience/ability/talent/whatever is the best way to give every one a chance. However this doesn't make running a league easy and relies on consistant good turnouts. Doh. Good luck to whoever runs a league this summer. It's worth the effort. We (Red) now have a freshers-fair worth of new faces who I hope to entice to some of our sessions in the future. One guy looks like he might make Red 1 within a year. byee Ben Anyone wanting to know more feel free to contact me - although I am not actually organising the league. Dave. Mud Culture/Far Flung