Hey BD,
Just wondered if a rules jobsworth out there might be able to help me out with a couple of clarifications i was looking for after MT3. I've looked at the rules and i'm not sure from them- i may be being stupid (wouldn't be the first time), but if anyone knows then i'd be interested to know.
1. Who can call a double team? An opponent of mine told me i couldn't call it for my teammate, but if a non-marker can call a travel (i.e. a throwing violation), it doesn't seem to make sense to me that a non-thrower can't call a marking violation. Does this apply to other marking violations- e.g. straddling or vision? Can one call a marker foul for one's teammate- say they're a beginner and don't call it if they get taken out mid-stall? Evidently, the thrower often has the best vision of a marker foul/violation, but it's quite concievable that one could occasionally have better vision than the thrower, e.g. of a double team on a thrower looking upfield when standing behind them for the dump, as happened to me at MT.
2. Slightly more unusual situation, but in the final, i saw a handler receive a disc near the edge of the pitch. He caught it easily in-bounds, but his momentum carried him such that his pivot foot was on the line. He then sent a beautiful huck, and no call was made. Is he obliged to a) bring his foot back in bounds, b) re-check the disc in, as if he had left the pitch significantly, he would bring his foot back to the line anyway, or c) is there no case for a call here? I'm just wondering, as the line is OB, but when the disc/player leaves the pitch, play starts with the thrower's pivot on the line, right?
Thanks, apologies to anyone who isn't quite enough of a geek to take an interest in petty rule-mongering.
Beej DUF/LLL2/Brown at MT #77 _________________________________________________________________ The next generation of Hotmail is here! http://www.newhotmail.co.uk __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed
