Larger, fitter, better disciplined, teams will reduce the levels of fatigue and risk of injury.
EU(C)C and WU(C)C tournaments insists that teams have a minimum of 12 players rostered for every game a team plays (though I'm unsure whether they're supposed to be "fit to play", or just "rostered"!) Somewhere or other (maybe it was just the Layout Dreams tournament invites/websites...), it used to be recommended that teams have at least 12 healthy players to enter a Tour tournament. In a recent discussion at BritOpen with a US player, he expressed his shock that teams were saying "We've already got 14 players, which is plenty". in the US, "We've got 14" often translates to "find another 7 players!". Then again, they play harder, and rarely do players play more than 2 points in a row. Wayne --- Wayne Retter [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Paul Unwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Britdisc (E-mail) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 09 July 2003 17:09 Subject: RE: [BD] Tour 3 >"there is also a point where the physical demand on the players can become >dangerous" > >I reiterate my opinion expressed last year: that we play too much, and that >2 games per day is a reasonable demand. > >I believe the tour should be structured so teams can play 2 high quality >games per day, and no more. > >I am horified by the sheer number of injuries incurred by Ultimate players. >Can we really say that none of these are caused by fatigue, brought on by >excessive play? > >What do you think? > >Stig > >-----Original Message----- >From: Jack [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: 09 July 2003 10:02 >To: brit disc >Subject: Re: [BD] Tour 3 > > >Is this for real? > >The Chevy/BPF game was between two very tired/injured teams that went to >sudden death after Chevy made a seven point come back (just like they did to >win Tour 1). It may have looked like they 'couldn't be arsed', but believe >me; both teams gave that game everything they had. Although we (BPF) didn't >actually forfeit our last game, we probably should have done. > >Ultimate is unlike other sports in that you play a whole tournament over a >weekend. The sport has grown to a point where teams in the Tour are now >playing 6 hard games against teams of similar ability to themselves. >Although this is excellent because of the increase in competitiveness, there >is also a point where the physical demand on the players can become >dangerous. It would be ridiculous to penalize a team that decided it was >unfit to play. Instead we have to accept that sometimes this happens, that's >just how this sport is. > >Jack >Plastic Factory > > >> >> Yes, I'm ranting again. >> >> But first, thanks to Alex and everyone for a great tour. The organisation >> was excellent, considering the late changes. First class pitches. I don't >> mind travelling hundreds of miles for that sort of venue. >> >> Rant 1: >> Are Chevy South going to refund some of the tournament fee paid by the >teams >> they couldn't be arsed to play? BAF and BPF(?) paid for six games, and >> except because of injury or other unforeseen problems, they're entitled to >> them. Put the toys back in the pram boys, and have a word with yourselves. >> >> Rant 2: >> Are the GB Women now to be called the England women since they can't be >> arsed to cross the border for tour 4? >> >> Rant 3: >> Whilst we enjoyed the game against Paddy Murphy (lovely bunch of lads, >> although the blonde triplets were confusing) it sets a pretty poor >precedent >> that Janitors were allowed to mess about with the seeding in this way. You >> surely can't do that sort of thing without asking all the other teams it >> affects. It's reasonable to have a Captain's Agreement to change the rules >> of a game, but not the rules of a tournament. >> >> Right, is there anyone on britdisc I haven't been rude to yet? >> >> Benji >> STD_Ultimate >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Stay in touch with absent friends - get MSN Messenger >> http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger >> >> __________________________________________________ >> BritDisc mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://pootle.near.me.uk/mailman/listinfo/britdisc >> Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp >> > >__________________________________________________ >BritDisc mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://pootle.near.me.uk/mailman/listinfo/britdisc >Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp >__________________________________________________ >BritDisc mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://pootle.near.me.uk/mailman/listinfo/britdisc >Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp > __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pootle.near.me.uk/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
