I really like the system Kevin mentions. There are two main systems, picking
three teams and awarding them 1st, 2nd and 3rd places, or judging each team
you've played out of 10.
The first system is weak because you're judging a team against the others
you've played, not against a clear cut idea of what spirit is. It's entirely
subjective. One team can get a good score for playing acceptably, as long as
the other teams you played were unspirited. It also doesn't account for how
much more spirited one team compared to another.
The second system (1 to 10 points per team) is also slightly weak because
not all the teams will judge spirit in the same way. Some teams will much
more "party" in their spirit allocation and will give points to teams who
were the most fun. I've been a member of teams and watched us give one team
a good spirit vote because they wore fancy dress and threw stupid throws.
The strengths of the system Kevin promotes is that it (1) clearly defines
how the scoring should be judged, (2) every match gets a score, (3) it's
simple and (4) it clearly explains what we mean by "spirit".
I think we've got pretty good spirit in the UK, but surely we can do even
more to raise awareness of what competitive spirit looks like? Why not
distribute a piece of paper with that scoring system and an explanation of
SOTG with every captains pack? Make it compulsory in every UKUA event, get
people used to doing it the same way every time. The same people tend to run
most of the tournaments, wouldn't it be really easy to introduce one scoring
system across the board in a year or two?
I think any system that clarifies spirit voting is a good thing. And sure,
you can knock points off teams which don't submit spirit votes themselves.
Or don't consider a game to be accurately recorded until both teams have
sent in the scores and their SOTG votes. Teams that fail to accurately
record games face point deductions in the tour...
I'm sure the consensus is there, we just need someone in a position of
authority to tell us to do it!
Regards,
Dan Knapp
#6 KO!
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