From britdisc-owner@csv.warwick.ac.uk Sun Jun 14 23:04:37 1998 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.8.7/8.8.8) id WAA07975 for britdisc-outgoing; Sun, 14 Jun 1998 22:52:46 +0100 (BST) Received: from post.mail.demon.net (post-11.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.40]) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id WAA07965 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Sun, 14 Jun 1998 22:52:41 +0100 (BST) Received: from (phidelta.demon.co.uk) [158.152.248.177] by post.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 1.82 #2) id 0ylKhZ-0005mi-00; Sun, 14 Jun 1998 21:52:38 +0000 Message-ID: <E5L4iAA3bCh1EwnN@phidelta.demon.co.uk> Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 20:39:35 +0100 To: BritDisc <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk> From: Wayne Retter <wayne@phidelta.demon.co.uk> Subject: "Davd Lloyd Lifestyle" Magazine excerpt MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Turnpike Trial Version 3.04 <pjZRgFWDsQK5ViyP$l4rxVrb6a> Sender: owner-britdisc@warwick.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Excerpt from "Sand Hassle" by Richard Fincher, reviewing potential summertime beach activities (Beach Volleyball; Power Kiting; Frisbee; Parascending), appearing in the Summer98 edition of David Lloyd Lifestyle magazine (free with July/August 1998GQ Active): Frisbee There is one essential about playing with a frisbee - whatever your intentions about 'chucking it gently', it will always end up covering more beach than a crashing airliner. Which means, of course, that you are the most hated person on the beach - trampling across sandcastles, tartan rugs and diminutive dogs before being snared in a windbreak isn't the most suitable behaviour for a grown adult. Technique is your only saviour and, once mastered, astounded beach-goers will marvel at your back-hander and forgive all when you knock over their coolbox of San Miguel. Frisbee skill is all in the wrist, which is why blokes can hurl one tens of metres with the merest flick. Catching said projectile is a slightly different proposition; if your hand is too taught it will ping off into a tearful child's ice-cream, too loose and it'll flop pathetically to the floor. Somewhere in between is what's required - you may suffer a little bruising, but it wouldn't be a proper sport if there wasn't some pain. You can add a team-sport element by playing a glorified form of piggy- in-the-middle. Or draw up a court and play a frisbee version of American Football - when you catch it you stop and pass to a team-mate, when you pass it to someone in the 'in-zone', you score. Wow! If you're really bothered about your seaside popularity, then it may be prudent to avoid the backhand bouncer. This involves throwing the frisbee underhand straight into the sand with such force that it bounces up again, sending a shower of sand into anyone who thought that if they ignore you, you;d just go away. [picture of late 20s male laying out for a catch over roughly knee deep (?) water] Thought you may be interested... or not! Wayne ---------------------------------------------------------------- Wayne Retter at home: 01737-242109 wayne@phidelta.demon.co.uk at work: 01737-273611 wayne_retter@watsonwyatt.co.uk