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From: "Ranulf Doswell" <ralf@fysh.org>
To: "Britdisc" <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>,
   "Miranda Kuiper" <miranda_kuiper@hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: ultimate rules, start stalling
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 14:56:11 +0100
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> I do know that at WC and EC a rules is used for preventing the
> game from any
> delay. But I cannot find the rules on the WFDF site. Based on my
> memory that
> rule allowed a defender to start stalling by touching the disc while the
> thrower-to-be had not touched the disc yet, in order to prevent
> delay in the
> game. As I remember that rule, you had to restart stalling once
> the thrower
> became indeed a thrower by picking up the disc. Therefore offence
> was only
> allowed 10 sec's to get set up.

I've used this a couple of times, when I've got really pissed off with
people not picking up the disc.

If someone is obviously stalling by standing near the disc and about to
play, you can check the disc into play and start stalling. AFAIK you don't
have to restart the count when they actually pick it up.

Ralf.