Damn, just as I was about to score my second point in the rules clarification game someone beat me with a much better and clearer answer...
To be pedantic though, it is the bottom left of the diagram you should be looking at. :-) On 9 June 2011 16:57, Dónal Murray <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, > > Look at the bottom right of the diagram shown here from the official rules > website: > http://ultimaterules.co.cc/wp-content/uploads/images/decision-pull.gif > <http://ultimaterules.co.cc/wp-content/uploads/images/decision-pull.gif> > > On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 4:45 PM, Thom Saunders <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > I was hoping for some clarification on a rule too. > > Are you allowed to catch the pull out-of-bounds?I can't see anything > which > > makes this clear in the rules. We called someone out in a Summer League > game > > recently because they stepped off the pitch whilst catching the pull, and > > there was a lengthy discussion about it. > > The only way I could see that you would be allowed to do it, is if the > team > > receiving the disc were the 'defensive' team and thus always in-bounds, > but > > in the 'Pull' section of the rules it specifically states that the > defensive > > team throws to the offensive team. I suppose if you clapped to say that > you > > were bricking the disc, and then caught it out of bounds that might be > > deemed acceptable too? > > Does anyone have any insight into this? > > Thanks!Thom > > Also, I agree with Dave, either all players move or no players move, I > > can't see why some would and some wouldn't. > > > > > Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 16:38:52 +0100 > > > From: [email protected] > > > To: [email protected] > > > CC: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [BD] Rules clarification > > > > > > Hi Alex, > > > > > > In my humble opinion... > > > > > > The rules are there to preserve what should have happened. If the disc > > goes > > > back then play is going back in time and therefore the players should > > return > > > to the position that they were in prior to the throw. > > > > > > So in your example, everyone should go back, including players involved > > in > > > the foul. > > > > > > Yeah, I've seen lots of people play this rule wrongly. They are idiots. > > > Especially the ones who will claim that the rules don't specifically > say > > > that the player goes back (if indeed they don't)*. > > > > > > Dave. > > > > > > * (cue usual suspects desperately trying to pick a hole in my argument > or > > > grammar) > > > > > > > > > > > > On 9 June 2011 15:56, oxford ultimate <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > I read the rules again recently and already noticed two rules which > had > > > > changed since the last time I read them in any detail a couple of > years > > > > ago. > > > > These were quite explicit in their interpretation but there's another > > which > > > > I'm just looking for some clarification: > > > > > > > > If the disc is thrown and two people go up for it, the O calls a foul > > and > > > > the D contests it, common opinion seems to be that the disc is > returned > > to > > > > the thrower and the people involved in the foul/contest remain where > > they > > > > are while everyone else returns to where they were when the disc was > > > > thrown. > > > > This has always seemed a little odd to me, and occasionally unfair. > > However > > > > rule 10.2 seems to imply this shouldn't happen - that everyone should > > go > > > > back to where they were when the disc was thrown. > > > > > > > > I'm just worried I've missed a clause somewhere as this seems to be a > > > > widely > > > > played (possible) misinterpretation (or use of an old rule), and I > > thought > > > > I'd get some opinions before being shouted down for trying to call it > > at > > > > Tour! > > > > > > > > Let me know what you think > > > > Alex > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > 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 > > > > __________________________________________________ > > 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 > __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed
