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From: "BARRY O'KANE" <9363680@mull.sms.ed.ac.uk>
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Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 14:28:36 +0000
Subject: Re: rising to the bait....
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Neil says:
> And after reading Kevin's email (573 characters on one line?), I was
> just thinking about whether practices cause bad habits. Most of the
> practices I've been to (Chaos, Playthings), dropping the pull is hardly
> ever called. That's probably reasonable when the game isn't about
> winning but learning. But is everyone aware of the rules? Is it
> confusing for beginners, especially when they go to a tournament?
>
This is a point worthy of note. When in practice most teams don't
make this call (or many other calls?) - and I am convinced that this
leads to misunderstanding of the rules and so to bad calls in
tournaments. ( By bad calls I don't mean bad spirited calls just wrong
ones - or even not making a call when it should have been.)
By getting the calls right the quality of the ultimate improves
(take Catch's play in the finals as an example - if you like)
It is possible to play by the rules AND with spirit - but to do that
everyone has to know the rules in the first place.
Just another pointless comment,
BARRY