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From: "Andy Cotgreave" <acotgreave@rmplc.net>
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Subject: Re: Discussion on World Ultimate
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 09:56:39 +0100
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hello

: 
: Cad,
:     at last, someone in this crazy world who seems to know about how too
: improve the GB team. 

So, jon, are you trying to say that all the blood, sweat and tears that
have been put in by the GB coaches over the last few years has all been
misguided and a waste of time? and that they didn't have a clue what they
were doing? 

I have to say that, although Cads ideas are all put forward with the best
intentions, they are a little naive. I have seen the efforts made to
improve the GB team, and everyone involved devotes soooo much to it, and
they deserve only congratulations for the amount of work they do put in to
making the GB team as good as it can be.

However, the ideas proposed are complete pie-in-the-sky idealistic ideas
which are nigh on impossible to implement.

Andy Cotgreave
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: Jon Good
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: 
: "She asked for I drink, I baught farmhouse scrumpy
:  And then went back to her's for some rumpy-pumpy."
: 
: On Tue, 13 Oct 1998, Oakley, Caedman wrote:
: 
: > IMNSHO Practice and constantly playing together is the only way that a
: > national team can do well.  This is why the US sends their best club
team to
: > Worlds.
: > 
: > So, not knowing quite how it works, how does this grab people:
: > 
: > 1 - Identify the players that have the dedication to - and would like
to
: > -play for GB.
: > 2 - Identify which of these players can afford to play for GB (AFAIK
there
: > are no subsidies at the moment please correct me if I am wrong.)
: > 3 - Select 2 teams an A team and a B team, forming 1 squad.
: > 4 - Train as many weekends as possible, (midweek can be difficult)
: > 5 - During tournament season take the GB team as a club to European
: > tournaments (inc. British Open).  Of the top of my head I think that
this
: > could be about 1 every 6 weeks from end of Feb to end of Oct.  This
club
: > team would be formed as a subset of A+B, as there will indoubtedly be
other
: > commitments, injury etc.
: > 6 - Play friendlies against other top teams in the country (e.g let us
: > assume that UTI and Catch form the basis of the GB team: Play against
: > Druids, Chevvy etc.) on a regular basis.
: > 
: > Point 6 has the added advantage that the teams that they play against
will
: > also benefit, and I am certain that there are players in the lower
seeded
: > teams that would like to join in on this, forming a GB Sparring team.
: > 
: > There is probably already a requirement that n training sessions must
be
: > attended, so that is already covered.
: > 
: > Most people that are willing to play for their country know the
sacrifice
: > that they have to make to be at that level, and are quite willing to
give up
: > 9 out of 10 weekends, and if it is organised right, the other teams I
am
: > sure will welcome the chance to play hard games (can even use them for
Tour
: > practice).
: > 
: > Cads - hoping that this doesn't seem too much like sticking an oar in
where
: > it ain't wanted.
: > 
: