From britdisc-owner@csv.warwick.ac.uk Tue Oct 13 12:08:53 1998 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.8.7/8.8.8) id LAA21859 for britdisc-outgoing; Tue, 13 Oct 1998 11:53:05 +0100 (BST) Received: from na-ex-bridge2.nai.com (na-ex-bridge2.nai.com [208.228.228.65]) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.8.7/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA21787 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Tue, 13 Oct 1998 11:52:55 +0100 (BST) Received: by na-ex-bridge2.nai.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) id <T7XAGB88>; Tue, 13 Oct 1998 03:48:34 -0700 Message-ID: <178EA92097A9D111AD0900A0C99B4EFC4F2473@UK-EXCHANGE1> From: "Oakley, Caedman" <Caedman_Oakley@nai.com> To: britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk Subject: Discussion on World Ultimate Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 03:44:25 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-britdisc@warwick.ac.uk Precedence: bulk IMNSHO Practice and constantly playing together is the only way that a national team can do well. This is why the US sends their best club team to Worlds. So, not knowing quite how it works, how does this grab people: 1 - Identify the players that have the dedication to - and would like to -play for GB. 2 - Identify which of these players can afford to play for GB (AFAIK there are no subsidies at the moment please correct me if I am wrong.) 3 - Select 2 teams an A team and a B team, forming 1 squad. 4 - Train as many weekends as possible, (midweek can be difficult) 5 - During tournament season take the GB team as a club to European tournaments (inc. British Open). Of the top of my head I think that this could be about 1 every 6 weeks from end of Feb to end of Oct. This club team would be formed as a subset of A+B, as there will indoubtedly be other commitments, injury etc. 6 - Play friendlies against other top teams in the country (e.g let us assume that UTI and Catch form the basis of the GB team: Play against Druids, Chevvy etc.) on a regular basis. Point 6 has the added advantage that the teams that they play against will also benefit, and I am certain that there are players in the lower seeded teams that would like to join in on this, forming a GB Sparring team. There is probably already a requirement that n training sessions must be attended, so that is already covered. Most people that are willing to play for their country know the sacrifice that they have to make to be at that level, and are quite willing to give up 9 out of 10 weekends, and if it is organised right, the other teams I am sure will welcome the chance to play hard games (can even use them for Tour practice). Cads - hoping that this doesn't seem too much like sticking an oar in where it ain't wanted.