I was not making the point of Spirit being unprofessional, however I
know of some people who do take the approach "Well Ultimate is so much
better football because it's not full of a***holes." I would say that
a professional in any sport should demonstrate spirit (something I
personally feel is lacking from some "more professional" sports.
Integrating with other sports clubs is a great thing to do and the
fact that this can lead to increased participation is great that I'm
not denying. However there is a difference between supporting other
college teams and taking a break to watch the FA Cup (don't see
Ronaldo changing sports anytime soon or changing his attitude to a
more spirited one).
Please note the use of a "?" in my first e-mail; posing a question not
an opinion or statement about a holier than thou attitude.
I do not think we should have the same attitude, although I think some
people do. Spirit is important to the sport, but spirit is playing
hard and to the rules not letting people off for not knowing the rules
(as I have seen in the past) or partying harder and being nicer people
than the next team. Now calls have generally posed a question about
spirit vs professionalism for a while; I remember a debate from when I
started playing; now here is an opinion:
It is very important for teams to sit down together and have a
captain's talk because it encourages integration between teams and
reminds us that we are all people there for the joy of play. Party
games I could take or leave, although at student level I think they
are more useful than say the final of Nationals. Feel free to tell me
I'm boring and not fun enough to play ultimate.
On the question of Refs I would only really be in favour of line
judges, because it is difficult for either the O or D player to watch
feet and disc.
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Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 14:11:51 +0100 (BST)
> > The same person continued to make a point that we should
> > demonstrate that we are above the petty bitching about
sports; is that
> > a holier than thou attitude forming? If so that is no
better than
> > football.
>
>Not holier than thou, just showing people that you dont have to be
single
>track minded. This year I have been able to involve the college
basketball
>team and netball team in our ultimate coaching sessions. As a
result a
>number of them have really taken to the sport, some havent but
respect it
>as a sport. All those who have been involved have however taken
back the
>ultimate spirit to their respective sports and I have had comments
from
>each of their coaches and coaches from other comments that the
general
>attitude has really improved and that the players really seem to
be
>enjoying the competition and yet getting along after the match
(something
>very ultimate like). All of this was only possible because of the
interest
>that the ultimate team showed in other teams and the support they
gave. I
>am sorry if you think that we should have the same attitude as all
other
>sports, spirit award is really given much value in other sports,
lets
>scrap it, oh and those calls that we do after games... thats not
very
>professional... perhaps we should bring in a referee too? Do we
want
>professional at the expense of the spirit surrounding ultimate or
do we
>want to show that you can have both?
>
>smudge
>
>
>
>
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