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From: Kevin Lowe <kevin.lowe@curved-logic.com>
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Subject: Boo! Hiss! for Simon
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 12:07:41 -0000
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Hi,
We've all seen teams make 'bad' calls. We've all probably made our fair =
share of bad calls, but on this one, I have to agree with Simon.=20
Catching the pull gives the offensive team such an advantage, that you =
have to expect some sort of penalty if you screw it up. When it happens =
to you (you look up to see who to make that first pass to, the wind =
blows, and it's all over), it is such a bad feeling, but you learn from =
it. I've seen teams drop the disc, pick it up and carry straight on, and =
the other team be too timid to call it. By all means, get on your knees =
and beg if you drop the pull, but don't ASSUME you can just carry on, =
and don't rant on about bad spirit just because they choose to call a =
rule.
I've seen this happen too often at junior tournaments, so this year, I =
issued a simple set of the more obscure rules that everyone plays to, =
but you have to read beyond the 10 simple rules of Ultimate to find. It =
worked! Flowering Garden dropped the pull against Bone, and tried to =
play on. Sammy shouted at them from the other end, grabbed the disc off =
of them, and made the point. Flowering Garden looked a bit annoyed for =
about 2 seconds, and then accepted it. They have learnt something from =
that. The only comments from the crowd were along the lines of, "Well, =
that will teach them" and "It is a close game, you've got to call that".
There is room for flexibility though. If you're trouncing a new team, =
and they drop the pull, stop the game, explain the rule, and let them =
off if they didn't know it. Many people knock the disc to the ground not =
realising it's a fumble.=20
However, I have seen teams pull the disc like a guts disc, deliberately =
aiming at someone who isn't awake trying to get a deflection and a =
turnover. This has to be deemed as bad spirit, and I doubt if even Catch =
would do it :) (What happened to that lovely team that used to win =
Spirit prizes occasionally? Answers on a postcard to Si).
Kevin.
--=20
| E-mail Kev@Curved-logic.com Phone (+44)1244-382371
| Q. Which is the greater problem in the world today, Ignorance or =
Apathy?
| A. I don't know, and I really don't care!