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From: Catherine Walker <chw101@york.ac.uk>
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Subject: RE: The flying leap point
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> As for your point, the typical scenario is...
> O player sees gap, runs and jumps looking to handler 
> for the pass, lands in the zone. Point.
> If the hole was still there because it was a
> big enough gap then good, the handler could have
> led the pass into the end zone for the running
> player and not the leaping player.
> 

 Not really, cos a person can fit through a gap that a disc would be D'd if
 it went through, and a running person will still take up the same amount
 of space as a jumping person when going through the zone D.  The point is
 that the disc was caught outside the zone, and as defenders are there to D
 against the disc, the it follows that they were essentially inthe wrong
 place cos it is now too late as the O team has caught the disc and as the
 rules state that it is where the first foot touches the ground that deems
 whether a catch is in or out then as long as they are in the zone they've
 got the point.  You would have to change the rules to "where the disc was
 caught" but this would be very difficult to judge due to the speed of the
 game.
 
 I agree that it does hurt when bashed into by other players, and as a non
 contact sport we do have an awful lot of injuries between us.  I haven't
 reasearched the point particulalry but I would guess that if you compared
 the number of injuries caused by that play compared to just running around
 the pitch in normal play, eg sprained ankles when going up against people
 for a high disc, collisions in general ( I broke my hand cos the guy I was
 marking collided with someone else and fell back on me and I was out of
 action for ages), it happens and we all expect it at some point. Nobody is
 out to be particularly rough on purpose, if we wanted to play a contact
 sport then we would be playing American football or rugby, but most sports
 are dangerous and accidents will happen.
 
 As a girl (and a rather little one at that) I use being little to my
 advantage when I can and I've learnt to move out of the way pretty quick
 when I see someone flying through the air in my direction
 
 I think it's fine as a play, no more no less dangerous that anything else
 and it counters that particular zone.
 
 Catherine
 Frizzly Bears (Germany, but coming home to play good British ultimate
 soon)