Currently the following Divisions are allowed at Worlds:
Open
Women
Mixed
Master Open
Master Women
Master Mixed
Junior Open
Junior Women
Junior Mixed
And in reality, only 6 of these (green) are actually at Worlds.
I think as the game progresses the other Divisions will slowly be brought in (especially as more players get older and move into the Masters bracket).
However what is left outside of those? Having now been to Worlds, I have the answer!
The Sub 6 Foot Open Division.
The way the game is going, tall players are now becoming much more versatile and dominate in this game. Talls used to be seen as great receivers and defenders but never seen as great throwers, but now there are tall people coming through who have the complete package. When a 6'4" guy with the wingspan of an albatross can throw the length of the field they are very hard to stop!
Lets give the sub six foot payers a chance to run around and show off their stuff without these "freaks of nature" stealing the lime light (and the disc) and making them look short! I know there are many great players who currently play and excel at the top level who are sub six foot, but their days are numbered! I have seen the future and for short people in Ultimate the future is bleak - the giants are coming to devour all of us human beans (afterall they are sick of eating snozzcumbers).
Maybe this sub 6 foot division won't ever make it to Worlds, maybe people actually want to see "the best" players strut there stuff at Worlds without the sideshow of a hobbit convention. But I think it could be a useful division to employ to make sure that elite competition isn't completely unattainable for the less vertically endowed player.
Note: Any connection between the authors sub 6 foot height and his non selection for Worlds are purely coincidental :-)
2 comments:
Nice BFG reference Reubs!
I wonder what you make from this quote from Owen then: "Sockeye didn't really have a lot of tall timber outside of Chase and Nord - they'll happily put 4 guys around 6 foot on the line as their cutters. In comparison we Dingos could field at least 4 guys who were 6'4" downfield."
The team that had on average shorter receivers beat us. From what I understand FG have a similar line up. Perhaps its not ultimate that favours the giants...but just a particular trend in Australian ultimate?
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