From britdisc-owner@csv.warwick.ac.uk Mon Mar 26 21:52:35 2001 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.10.1/8.9.3) id f2QKoii07481 for britdisc-outgoing; Mon, 26 Mar 2001 21:50:44 +0100 (BST) Received: from snowdrop.csv.warwick.ac.uk (root@snowdrop [137.205.192.31]) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.10.1/8.9.3) with ESMTP id f2QKohx07467 for <britdisc-real@pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Mon, 26 Mar 2001 21:50:43 +0100 (BST) Received: from cmailg5.svr.pol.co.uk (cmailg5.svr.pol.co.uk [195.92.195.175]) by snowdrop.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.10.1/8.9.3) with ESMTP id f2QKoag27312 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Mon, 26 Mar 2001 21:50:42 +0100 (BST) Received: from modem-53.boron.dialup.pol.co.uk ([62.136.4.53] helo=ben) by cmailg5.svr.pol.co.uk with smtp (Exim 3.13 #0) id 14hdwT-0001dZ-00 for britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk; Mon, 26 Mar 2001 21:50:22 +0100 Message-ID: <00e201c0b637$75fc4f20$3504883e@ben> From: "Ben Ravilious" <ben@ravilious.net> To: "BRITDISC" <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk> References: <6D293A121957D4119899009027FCB5DE18C73B@bluews.com> Subject: Re: the flying leap point. Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 21:55:41 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: owner-britdisc@warwick.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Probably of more importance is the whole issue of using the walls as boundaries indoors. In the last couple of years we have had two cases which have become litigious with players sustaining bad injuries through hitting the wall and/or other objects in the hall. I think the time may be approaching when we need to audit our injuries and see if there are any measures we could take to reduce them. Not using the walls as boundaries is an obvious one. Others maybe worth considering (thanks to Paul Marfleet for recent help with safety ideas) :- 1. Stopping people leaving their bags near the sideline. 2. Using the basketball 'key' as the endzone instead of the last few metres of the court. Apparently this works perfectly well in New Zealand (?). The emphasis would be on jumping into the endzone rather than dangerous jumps towards the side walls. Suppose it doesn't really solve the 'flying leap' issue though. 3. Keeping the floor clean (some TD's already do this) 4. Stopping anyone from playing whilst drunk. People become less aware, less cautious and more oblivious to pain and danger when they're pissed. We've all done it and it can seem a laugh until it goes wrong. Basically its all about cutting down risks. Maybe some of the points above are unimportant (discuss!) but it would be a worthwhile exercise finding out. Any medical students in need of a project??? Ben ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Giguere" <SGiguere@bluews.com> To: <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk> Sent: 26 March 2001 18:36 Subject: RE: the flying leap point. > Hey Paul, > > I can't argue it anymore. Has that play always > been around with indoors? I've always been outdoors > for the most part so perhaps that's my problem. > Too used to the big end zone where this stuff isn't > needed. > Thankfully it's outdoor season again so I've got > til next winter to figure out how to defend > against this crouching tiger offence without resorting > to a flailing kangaroo defence. > > Thanks > Steve > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Paul Waite [mailto:voodoo_1978@yahoo.co.uk] > > Sent: 26 March 2001 17:24 > > To: britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk > > Subject: re: the flying leap point. > > > > > > Stephen, > > > > This is the first time I have written to britdisc - > > but i've made an exception in this case. > > The intention of most players who do this are aiming > > for the gaps not the opponents. > > In majority of cases the people that get hit during > > this play are the people without the spirit, since in > > most cases they are trying to impead the offensive > > players progress into the endzone by stepping across > > creating a forceout. > > I don't like it when fellow frisbee players get > > injured, but I don't feel that one of the few options > > against this defence should be stopped just because of > > the unco-ordinated people that can't tell the > > difference between a gap and a person. > > > > > > > > Voodoo. > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk > > or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie > >