Hi Dan, You'll find a lot of people claim the rules have recently changed, this is usually because they trust somebody who has recently got the rules wrong. I've seen people I trust get the rules wrong, and I've gotten the rules wrong in at least one important situation myself - memory and interpretation are never perfect, so instead I recommend reading through the current rules at the start of each season, as rule discussions during games are almost inevitable it seems - and you want at least half a leg to stand on. To my knowledge there have been no WFDF rule changes since 2009.
Regarding kids on the sidelines, I also worry about that - I've seen many a high disc come down hard and fast five meters out the side of the pitch... but I guess it's a question of likelihood, and in reality we're talking about 1 in 10,000 chance it'll come down on a buggy or something, if one is on the sideline. Still, I don't like those odds (though I did just make them up). I've seen odd tournaments / leagues in the USA where they have areas where kids and toddlers are being supervised - not sure whether it's a voluntary thing with parents taking shifts or what, but as the sport (and thus the players of the sport) mature, perhaps it's something someone should think about making happen over here too. Felix On 31 March 2012 10:20, Daniel Ferneyhough <[email protected]> wrote: > Morning Britdisc, > > After hearing a few times over the past couple of weeks about changes to > rules, specifically stall outs being the n of ten instead of t, I went on a > search for clarification. As yet I haven't found anything in the 2009 wfdf > rules (the current rules used by ukua), please can someone confirm deny > this? > > Also, at mt1 last week, I noticed a number of small children on the > sidelines of games, not always directly supervised. I was wondering what > the ukua's stance is on this and what measures they have in place to > mitigate the risk of injury by player or disc. Whilst I completely > understand parents bringing their children to competition, when they are > sitting so close to sidelines there is a risk that they could get caught up > in play. Whilst this hasn't happened yet, this could have terrible > consequences for the child, the players involved and the sport in the uk. > > Cheers > > Dan > > > -- > Dan Ferneyhough > __________________________________________________ > 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
