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From: "Timothy Rogers" <trogers@srv1.mech.ed.ac.uk>
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Just one or two more points on indoor zone:

1)  The difference between and indoor endzone and any other zone 
(indoors or outdoors) is that in an indoor endzone players can cover 
the only important space.  In any other type of zone, commiting lots 
of players to defending one space leaves open another space on the 
field which the offence can exploit.  A cup has to worry about passes 
through it and around it.  In an indoor endzone zone one doesn't have 
to worry about deeper passes and if the disc is swung, someone else 
is already in position covering the space.

2) Making it more difficult to score from close range, changes the 
balance of the game.  A D team can invest more heavily on stopping 
the long pass at the expense of letting short passes go.  The O team 
then just ends up working the disc up, its not in their interests to 
risk possession by a long pass if  D players are poaching long.

3) The option of throwing an endzone zone is only really available to 
the team which is winning.  Stalemates between the offensive and 
defensive team in the endzone costs time.   Indoor games are 
very short and if a team goes a few points down then its effectively 
over.

At the end of the day, I agree that its a matter of degree.  How hard 
is it to break an indoor zone for a given endzone size?  In large 
halls, I don't think its much of a problem, but in pool games where 
the hall is often halved, it can be difficult.  

Tim

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