From britdisc-owner@csv.warwick.ac.uk Wed Jul 2 14:17:08 1997 Received: by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk id NAA27784; Wed, 2 Jul 1997 13:38:22 +0100 (BST) Received: from mail.rmplc.net by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk with ESMTP id NAA27772; Wed, 2 Jul 1997 13:38:16 +0100 (BST) Received: from acotgreave.rmplc.net ([172.16.27.34]) by mail.rmplc.net (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id NAA12636 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Wed, 2 Jul 1997 13:38:14 +0100 (BST) Message-Id: <199707021238.NAA12636@mail.rmplc.net> From: "Andy Cotgreave" <acotgreave@rmplc.net> To: "Britdisc" <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk> Subject: Ultim8 questionnaire Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 13:28:01 +0100 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1155 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Hi all, Well, the Ultim8 tour is coming to an end, and it is time to reflect on the level of sucess of the Tour. At Exeter, we will be handing out a questionnaire for you to fill in. It is really important that we get as many people from as many different teams to fill in this questionnaire, because without feedback, we won't know what we need to change and what we need to keep the same. If you have any opinions about the Tour (and I know that lots of people have pretty strong opinions about certain aspects) then it is your responsibility to let us know what you AND YOUR CLUB feel. The following is text version of the questionnaire, which should hoopefully look okay on your mail browser. The copy we'll hand out at the weekend is much better looking, and easier to fill out. If you can't make Exeter, then fill out this questionnaire, and get it back to me before the 17th July. Also, it would be great if you could try and pass this around some of your team mates, or at least ask them what they think. If you ARE going to be at Exeter, then fill out a questionnaire at the tournament instead. If anyone wants, I can send them the glorious Word97 version of this document to look at instead. Also, if anyone has any thoughts at all, that may not fit well into the structure of the questionnaire, then I would be happy to have them, too. Thanks for your time! Andy C The questionnaire: Please take a few minutes to fill out this questionnaire - we would love to know the opinions of ALL the teams involved in the tour. This was the Tour's first year, and we definitely did some things right and some things wrong; we need to know what was liked and what was disliked in order for next year's tour to be even better. Encourage your team-mates to fill this out as well, because the more opinions we get, the better. More copies will be available from the central area over the weekend. Return filled questionnaires to Andy Cotgreave before the 17th July. PART I - GENERAL Decide how much you agree with the following statements (1 = Totally disagree, 5 = Totally agree) 1. On the whole, the tour was a good thing ____ 2. It is a good idea to have a series of tournaments, instead of several independent tournaments ____ 3.Did you end up playing more close games? YES / NO 4.It was better to play more close games ____ 5.There have not been enough other Ultimate tournaments this year ___ 6.The Tour is a good way of sorting out the seeds for the Nationals ____ 7.The Ultim8 tour has really focused on a 'season' of ultimate, with a clear aim and goal ____ 8.The Tour is discouraging the relaxed, party atmosphere of British Ultimate ____ 9.Other Ultimate tournaments have suffered as result of the Tour ____ 10.The scoring system has been fair. ____ 11.The tour has improved your club's playing skills ___ 12.The Tour is developing competitive ultimate, and improving the standard of the game in Britain ____ 13.Results and tour positions were well communicated to the Ultimate Community ____ 14.I have been aware of how many points my team has throughout the Tour Series ____ 15.Playing competitive games is more fun than playing one-sided games ____ 16.There was too much playing time at the tour, and not enough time to relax ____ 17.It was great to play so many hard fought games ____ 18.The non-Ultim8 tournaments (e.g. Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Exeter hat, etc) have not suffered because of the tour ____ PART II - HOW WOULD YOU RATE THE QUALITY AND USEFULNESS OF THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS AT ULTIM8 TOURNAMENTS (1 = TERRIBLE, 5 = AMAZING)? First Aid Massage Communications (of scores, first games on Sundays, etc) Scheduling Parties Pitches On pitch refreshments Score boards Water containers Comments on tournament facilities: PART III - TICK THE STATEMENT YOU MOST AGREE WITH: Have you felt close (in terms of points and talent) to other teams, and seen several games as being your great 'challenges' as the tour went on OR You are always playing the same teams, and even though they are close games, they are too much of the same thing ------------------------- Exponential scoring is a good thing, and reflects that the difference in standard between the top few teams is greater than the difference in standard of the lower teams. OR The teams just above you seemed to get more points than they deserved, and once they had that lead, it was impossible to catch up again. ----------------------------- Playing more close games is great for the development of British Ultimate OR There is less spirit in the Tour now that there are more competitive games --------------------------- The Tour benefited only the Top 8 teams OR The Tour benefited all teams ---------------------------- I think the Tour is good for Ultimate OR I think the Tour is bad for Ultimate --------------------------- PART IV - COMMENTS What opinions do you have of the Tour? What do you think could have been better? What was the best thing about the Tour? And the worst? What do you think of there being a series of Tournaments instead of independent ones? What did you think about the tournament schedules? Were they too punishing, too hard, too relaxed? Did you think the tour benefited certain teams more than others, and if so, in what ways, and how could this be improved for next year? Have there been enough tournaments this year? Have there been too many Ultim8 Tour events? If you think there have been too many, how could this be changed for next year? PART V - GENERAL Please use this page for anything else you want to say about the Tour. Was it fair, was it fun, tell us what was good so we can do it again next year. Thank you very much for your time! Return to the main tent before the end of the tourney, or return to Andy Cotgreave, 196 Hollow Way, Oxford, OX4 2PP Or e-mail any thoughts to acotgreave@rmplc.net ====================== acotgreave@rmplc.net