Regarding kids ... Despite the relatively small chance of discs hitting kids on the sideline there is a much greater likelihood of players running into / jumping on or laying through spectators on the sideline. I have seen a lot of examples of this including layouts into a buggy (luckly empty), through a seated spectator (not so lucky) as well as personally landing on a small kid (I was pretty shaken and luckily no lasting damage).
I know there are UKU & WFDF guidelines in place regarding distances between pitches & other things (5m) and location of spectators (within 2m should be able to move out the way quickly). Perhaps these need to be enforced more strictly on / by TD's ... perhaps the rules needs to be tightened up somewhat ... eg: Nothing to be within 2m of the pitch: bags, people, waterbottles, discs. This would have the added benefit of reducing the number of times you have to ask spectators to clear a sideline ... or kick bags out the way ... or wind yourself (or worse) landing on one of those dammed unbreakable nalgenes :-) Luke T On Apr 3, 2012 1:03 PM, "Paul Waite" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > no change in rules in turnovers section 13 of WFDF 2009 > 13.1.7. the thrower has not released the disc before the marker first starts > to say the > word “ten” in the stall count (a “stall-out”) > > V > > > ________________________________ > From: Felix <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, 3 April 2012, 12:35 > Subject: Re: [BD] Rules of ultimate > > 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 > __________________________________________________ > 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
