I don't know much about observers having never played in a game using them, and think that in GB (certainly amongst the top teams) we've become pretty good at resolving disputes between the players involved.
There are some methods clapham implement at practices to provide a more free-flowing and stoppage-free game, thought it might be relevant to share it with everyone at this stage Out-of-Bounds: At practice we have cones to mark the endzones, and don't have the aid of marked sidelines for players to check their feet against to make sure they're in-bounds. So, unless a receiver is clearly (eg at least a yard) out of bounds when they catch the disc we call them in. It stops us having to hold up the game every time the disc goes near the line to 'check feet'. We figure that if a marked sideline was there the player would have something to drag their feet against. Contested Fouls: As often as possible we avoid the disc going back to the thrower as the outcome. We think its good to have calls either be upheld - in which case the person making the call gets the disc; or retracted - meaning a turnover. We do this without observers! If neither party is willing to back down the disc goes back to the thrower, but this is discouraged and we prefer our players to accept the finality of making a call - completion or turnover. In today's offensively dominated game, the disc going back to thrower is a big advantage to the side in possession - they get to keep the disc - which perhaps wasn't such a factor back in the year the rules were written. Something we've all noticed is that now very few calls made during our practices - and if they are they're usually obvious and accepted immediately. In contrast when we played at Tour 0 it seemed that most times a huck went up and was contested by a defender some kind of contact-foul was called, which we found frustrating. alex __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pootle.near.me.uk/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
