[BD] Blocking Foul :S

[Andy Taylor]

My understanding of that rule is:
'You may not step into the path of someone in order to make them run into you.'
 
This goes against what I thought the rule used to be (although this may be influenced from football rules) that you may not take up a position so as to deliberately prevent someone from reaching their intended destination. As I read the current rule: I can step into the path of a running player, provided they will have enough time to swerve and avoid me / or slow down to avoid me, in order to stop them reaching the disc. That seems wrong to me, and not in keeping with the general ethos of the game.
 
As far as your example goes: if you have to slow down to get your position, the defender should also have to slow down to get a jumping position. If he runs into you in that situation, it is likely that he could have been able to avoid contact (unless you can somehow slow down faster than the average human), and so it would not be a foul.
 
Tails> From: lewis at lglover.co.uk> To: britdisc at ranulf.net> Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 22:47:07 +0100> Subject: [BD] Blocking Foul :S> > Also can anyone explain this rule to me: > "A player causes a blocking foul by taking a position that a moving opponent> will be unable to avoid and contact results." > > Does that mean I am not allowed to slow down to get my positioning to jump> for a disc if I know that the defender behind me is likely to have contact> with me? > > I really don't understand the purpose of this rule and I don't know how> people are going to interpret it at Vancouver etc> Looks like it will either get ignored or get argued over because people> don't understand it> > Lewis> > > > __________________________________________________> BritDisc mailing list> BritDisc at ranulf.net> http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc> Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed
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