Psychology,Rules 31 May 2010

As the title alludes to, there was too many calls being made during the USA Ultimate College Open Championships between Florida and Carleton (which Florida won fyi). In typical college ultimate fashion, there was a lot of hucks, a lot of d’s and a lot of calls.

Which leads me to the topic of this post – the calls.

The game had 4 observers, who were making active calls like line, down disc and stall count violations. However, they were also stepping in when they felt that the the play was going to get out of hand. Which I think is cool. Don’t want the game to escalate and have fights happen.

 Main,Rules 24 May 2010

With the 11th edition, a strip changed a bit in the rules; namely that it’s now considered a foul. What this means to the average player is that you can contest a strip; however, where you are on the field will help determine what happens when a strip is called. First, let’s take a look at the actual rule from the 11th Edition rules website (http://www.usaultimate.org/resources/officiating/rules/11th_edition_rules.aspx):

1. Fouls (II.E): It is the responsibility of all players to avoid contact in every way possible.
   4. Strip: If a defensive player initiates contact with the disc after an offensive player has gained possession of the disc, and the offensive player loses possession as a result, it is a strip. A strip is a subset of fouls and is treated the same way

 Main,Rules 30 April 2010

Have you ever caught the disc but landed out of bounds? Yet had you not been pushed, you would have landed out of bounds? Did you make the right call when it happened? Did you even know there was a call for what happened? Well, there is; it’s called a force-out foul. Read on for more about this foul.

b. Receiving Fouls

 Main,Rules 18 April 2010

Lots of players don’t realize that they are entitled to the vertical space above them when the disc is in the air. And for those who do know about the principle of verticality, many aren’t always clear on how to know if a foul has been committed.

First, it’s important to understand what the principle of verticality is and then it’s important to understand how to interpret the rule in order to determine if a foul has been committed.

According to the USA Ultimate 11th Edition Rules,

b. Receiving Fouls:

 Rules 17 April 2010

For the complete rules of ultimate, you can go to the UPA website here: http://www.usaultimate.org/resources/officiating/rules/11th_edition_rules.aspx

I’m going to be adding a writeup each week on a rule I choose but feel free to comment or write me a message asking me about a specific rule that you’re not sure about. If I have enough requests I might make a video explaining the rule in more detail!

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