From britdisc-owner@csv.warwick.ac.uk Thu Feb 27 12:45:32 1997 Received: from thistle.csv.warwick.ac.uk by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk with ESMTP id MAA21795; Thu, 27 Feb 1997 12:45:23 GMT Received: by thistle.csv.warwick.ac.uk id MAA09714; Thu, 27 Feb 1997 12:41:35 GMT Received: from pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk by thistle.csv.warwick.ac.uk with ESMTP id MAA09709; Thu, 27 Feb 1997 12:41:27 GMT Received: from dub-img-5.compuserve.com by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk with SMTP id MAA20900; Thu, 27 Feb 1997 12:41:17 GMT Received: by dub-img-5.compuserve.com (8.6.10/5.950515) id HAA28000; Thu, 27 Feb 1997 07:40:44 -0500 Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 07:40:35 -0500 From: Ian Peter Stebbing <106040.3441@compuserve.com> Subject: Dropping Pulls etc. To: Britdisc <BRITDISC@csv.warwick.ac.uk> Message-ID: <199702270740_MC2-11D0-A3A1@compuserve.com> Sender: owner-britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Really an additional question to Ollie to begin with Why not follow and catch the pull even if it is going to land out of bounds? Surely it can still be a huge advantage to put the disc into play early from the sideline even if it is going to land out. Obviously I'm not suggesting people try and catch something thats wizzing off into the trees and the additional thoughts of am I better off calling middle, brick or re-pull (options you lose if you catch the pull) have to be made. To Lawrence I was one of the Druids involved in the 'discussion' at National Indoors in Leicester. It was I agree slightly more than a friendly discussion, on the other hand it lasted about 5 secounds, neither Myles nor I (the two involved) were at all bothered by our 'discussion' and its all part of being involved in the rather important game we were actually playing at the time (a quarter final if my rather poor memories serve me well). Everybody The hectic style of indoors may cause problems when transfering to outdoors. On the other hand the Swedes and Finns play mainly indoors and have managed to be better than us both indoors and outdoors with a smaller player base since I have been playing (about 11 years now). Its more about the fact that they practise indoors in a structured way and consequently its not hectic but ordered and controlled and allows them to move easily outdoors and remain superior to us. The British style of play does however have advantages in close games because it creates great team understanding and the ability the pull off the unusual, something outlawed within Scandanavian teams to all but a few supreme beings (see last Ultimatum report by Dan Engstrom?) Ian stebbing Fluid Druids (or whatever we are called this weekend)