Sun in February in Vancouver. Perfect weather for playing Hat League Ultimate.
For the most part, the play today was pretty good. The only notable instances of lameness was when an opposing player decided to make a good hard backhanded throw when I was marking them, and smacked me in face. The rules state that incidental contact occurring during follow-through(after the disc has been released) is not sufficient grounds for a foul, unless the contact constitutes harmful endangerment.
This if course, is a large grey area. I thought, at the time, that smacking people in the face is harmful endangerment. Perhaps because my face was still stinging. At this point, another player from the offending team decided that I obviously didn't understand the rules, and that it was their duty to explain them to me.
The foul was contested, and the play was run again.
Ultimate is a game that will find the players on the ground in glorious(gratuitous) bids for the disc. This leads to very muddy players at this time of year. A mark of pride, I suppose..
jack |
posted Sun Feb 20 20:48:59 2005 |
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