I thought I would add an extra option for collecting scores/spirit votes. Often tournaments have the main HQ at one end of the fields and usually that's to allow easy delivery of everything that is needed there. Unfortunately the pitches tend to cover a large area and often teams will spend a whole day in one, far off corner, with no need to go near the HQ. This is more prevalent when the pitches are split across two sites and the schedule is set up to avoid teams crossing between sites. So what about having a mini-HQ much nearer that other end of the fields, or on that other site? It doesn't have to have any other equipment than a schedule and some way of marking scores etc (maybe a chair and umbrella for the tournament representative). Yes the system needs volunteers, but far fewer than having pitch side reps. Then the two HQ's can communicate between themselves to keep all the information up to date (phone/walky talky/runner/part of the water distribution system).
I think far more teams would get their results in (and more quickly) if there wasn't a large distance to travel each time to do it. If this was being done at the end of each game the results would only be a game behind, hopefully allowing problems to be ironed out early. As for spirit, I like the idea of starting with a full score and dropping from there (and averaging to take out the number of games played). It's true that spirit is usually only tested in close games, but the tour is now set up in such a way that most games are close, so this shouldn't be a problem. Maybe that wouldn't work for other tournaments, but then they don't need to be standardised. When there is a good (enough) system in place, publishing the scores with the final results is also a great idea. Nick Boogie Knights ----- Original Message ---- From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: brit disc <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, 21 August, 2007 12:48:36 PM Subject: Re: [BD] Spirit of the Game It seems to me that the methods for assessing spirit have been inconsistent this (and previous) year, even within one Tour system - some tournaments have used the 10-point system, some have used the 3-2-1 system, and it's possible that some have just used just one nomination per team. Was there not a 'standard' issued by the UKUA this year? Is it one little detail that has slipped past the TDs? Perhaps there should be a standard, next year? Along with recomendations on the options/best way of obtaining/submitting these scores (e.g. scorekeepers / text / results at the end of each game / results at the end of the tournament) The current method(s) don't seem to be ideal... It also strikes me that there may be a need to have more than one SOTG trophy to hand - sometimes there's the 'issue' of having the SOTG award 'split' between 2 teams. Wayne > From: hannah easter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/08/21 Tue AM 09:47:05 BST > To: brit disc <[email protected]> > Subject: [BD] Spirit of the Game > > Hi all, > > I would just like to comment on Jacks spirit of the game scores. While I > think that in principle that it is a good idea to release information like > this i feel that a more accurate medium should be used to determine this. For > example a system we tried to implement last year was a score out of ten for > EVERY team you played. 5 being an average game with nothing bad and nothing > amazingly good in it. deducting points for aggressive behaviour or a bad > unresolved call, plus points given for good discussion of a call, and > generally spirited behaviour. > > The problems with the format is getting people to give in their spirit > scores. from a TD prospective it gets really confusing as any team that does > not submit a spirit vote CANT win spirit... some teams have therefore won by > default... is this a true reflection of spirit??? > > A 3-2-1 score does not give an accurate account. Just my ramblings as DOC > > Hannah > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Answers - Get better answers from someone who knows. Tryit now. > __________________________________________________ > BritDisc mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc > Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Answers - Got a question? Someone out there knows the answer. Try it now. http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/ __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed
