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If this is a wind-up, I'm hooked!

Otherwise, (as someone who has a handy layout, alledgedly) IMHO:

Laying out, whether Indoors OR Outdoors, is an action that requires an 
on-the-spot decision, taking into account all sorts of things - including the 
proximity of the out-of-bounds area.

Laying out OUGHT really to be a DEFENSIVE play - if you have to lay out on O, 
you're probably trying to recover someone else's error (so intelligent teams try
to develop Os that reduce the need for these errors to be made... and less 
layouts on O!) [so, is it a mark or MORE intellgence to *only* play outdoors, so
that these layouts are hopefully less damaging???]

Having said that, you then have to consider whether your defensive 
(single-player gloryboy) layout bid will be successful (whether you get the 
disc, or put the thrower/receiver off enough to get a different form of 
turnover) or whether you'd sooner be on your feet, unwinded, with the chance of 
helping your team shut everyone down and get the stall...

If out-of-bounds is denoted by a wall, the intelligent players add the factor of
a trip to hospital to their decision... if they reckon they can make the layout,
and not hit the wall dangerously, they'll do it. If they do it, and get it wrong
- they're not as intelligent as they thought!

The secret Going ho successfully is (I think!) to be able to get up again 
afterwards! this means learning to *land comfortably* which includes (indoors) 
being sensible about walls (If you land properly, the floor shouldn't be a 
problem - and friction burns can br got just as easily outdoors as in). If you 
hit a wall, it'll be uncomfortable, you'll learn that you were WRONG, and you 
might not get up again. Does making that catch or getting that D matter if 
you're not going to be able to celebrate?

One of the joys about playing Indoors AND Outdoors is that when you get Outdoors
there's the freedom to layout nearer the sideLINE.

I suppose we could reduce the Indoor injuries by playing to sideLINES.

eeek! even smaller pitches! or bigger halls?

Wayne Retter
played indoors, will do again
only ever broken bones through playing Outdoor Ultimate