If I may, and yes I will continue to beat this drum, the bula system requires no more than a minutes thought from the team post game, it provides the most objective and comprehensive system for assigning a spirit score, and to be honest is the best attempt I've seen to date to address the flagging concept of spirit within the game, hell who hasn't been at a tournament where teams are marked for spirit based on how friendly the team was.. Pugh proves the point with his own experience of 95% of teams scoring 4...
"pugh RC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 15/07/2008 15:39 To Phillip Lowman/LON/GB/Marsh/[EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected] cc Subject Re: [BD] Spirit scoring system for beginners I think that although 16 points seems like an 'odd' (unusual rather than numerical) number to choose, I think the simplicity of the choices makes it far more intuitive for young or new players (the choices on the BULA scoring system are generally poor, normal, excellent). The system suggested earlier on in this thread of a 1st, 2nd, 3rd choice team-that-you-play-against-over-a-weekend may well be useful to keep TD's sane and to keep flustered captains on-side, it's not so useful if you have beginners playing in a single demonstration match and you want to instill them with a notion of spirit. The BULA system has a breakdown of how you should be grading the opposition (a very important lesson for new-comers) and it is also requires players to look at their own game. There is one section on Emotional Control which would be a useful tool if you're trying to teach a players that kicking a disc about if s/he drops it is unacceptable. I don't think it needs dumbing down, I think that kids can easily decide whether another team's use of anglo-saxon was poor, normal or good. I also like the final question which is something along the lines of "Was your opponent: a) less spirited than you, b) the same, c) more spirited than you". I think youngsters that get into the habit of recognising a more spirited team and rewarding them for it is a good thing. I'm not saying I wish to see the BULA scoring system at every competition, or that I think a print out of the rules and a score between 1-to-5 wouldn't suffice but I would strongly recommend that people who are introducing Spirit to kids who maybe have a background in other sports use the BULA system and explain it rather than just say "How spirited were the opposition, score 1 to 5". pugh ps I hosted a tournament where spirit was a score of 1 to 5. Over 95% of scores were "4". Was it an incredibly spirited event or were people just a little non-plussed with the freedom offered to them? Dunno. 2008/7/15 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Ok but, you aren't scoring on a moving slide between 1 and 16, you are scoring each aspect as 0 - not there, 1 - good, 2 - exceptional, 0-2 surely this is simple enough even for kids? if you want to dumb it down further think of it as Yes No or Maybe... And about that industry that exists to develop communications and mechanics, aren't you kind of making the arguement for the scoring system thats been put forward? ie one that has been put together to make explicit the qualitative and quantitative measures of spirit? To: Phillip Lowman/LON/GB/Marsh/[EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected] cc: From: "pugh RC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Marsh Limited Registered in: England Number: 1507274 Registered Office: 1 Tower Place West, Tower Place, London, EC3R 5BU Marsh Ltd is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) Marsh Ltd conducts its general insurance activities on terms that are set out in the document "Our Business Principles and Practices". This may be viewed on our website http://www.marsh.co.uk/aboutMarsh/principles.html . This message and any attachments are confidential. If you have received this message in error please delete it from your system. If you require any assistance please notify the sender. Thank you. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed
