Hey britdiscers,
Something that's getting more and more frequently in these
indoor games is this "play" of running in from a half to a quarter
of the pitch away from the opposite zone, leaping into the air
to catch the disc and fly into the end zone for the point. It's
particularly popular against a flood defence.
My question is... does anyone realise that this is not only really
annoying and exhibits rather poor spirit, but is a rather dangerous
tactic. It's only a matter of time before some clever individual
sails into the zone and takes out someone on our team. In the
smaller gymnasiums the wall is only just behind the defender and
a direct collision from someone at speed in the air into a
member of the opposing team's defence could result in very serious
injury. I know one of my team member was clipped in the shoulder
quite hard during one of these plays on the weekend and I was
thankful is wasn't one of our women.
I've played in both the States and Canada and tactics like this
received rather harsh punishment from the leagues governing
body and the tour directors as it is considered by the rules to
be dangerous play.
The annoying aspect of it aside from the above is the tendency
for people with bad timing to try it again and again everytime
catching the disc and THEN jumping into the zone and then
waste time bickering about it.
I don't expect anyone to read this email and have a revelation
and never do it again but it would be nice for next years indoor
teams to try to get a handle on it before we end up with these
Michael Jordan points flying in from 6 feet outside the zone a
good 4 feet in the air clobbering anything it it's path.
You could say it's a perfectly legal play and if you move through
someone it's an offensive foul. Ok fine, no point then, that's
correct but it doesn't change the fact that one of our players might
end up with a concussion or worse from being sent backwards
into the wall.
-Steve
and yes I do realise these points happen accidentally sometimes.
