Hey I echo Steve's thoughts. I've been coached to "do what you do on the mark until you get called on it", i.e. cheat until someone points out that you're cheating. I don't like it. It's not ultimate. We're our own refs, you should not try and cheat the ref. If you want to do that, go play football. Nicole
--- On Tue, 5/17/11, Steven Hunter <[email protected]> wrote: From: Steven Hunter <[email protected]> Subject: [BD] Physicality in ultimate To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, May 17, 2011, 9:45 PM After reading the email from before talking about physical contact I agree that whilst running or bidding for a disc there will be acceptable contact. Also, that if an offensive player runs into a defensive player who is holding their ground this is fine (assuming that the defensive player hasn't moved into that position for that purpose) However, in recent years I have had numerous occasions where players have intentionally fouled on the mark and when pulled up on this have admitted it seeming to think that this is normal and part of the game, using such phrases as, 'if you want to call a foul, call a foul'. In my opinion this is cheating, similar to diving in football, an act purely to gain an advantage. Other examples in ultimate would be calling yourself in when out, claiming to have caught the disc when it is down etc... These other things would never be accepted if people freely admitted them. Is it just that I have had a few bad experiences with some unscrupulous people or is this something that has become accepted in certain sections of the game. Or is it just my inner hippy. Steve __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed
