[blml] Re: who should know which rules? [ was: Atlanta NABC AppealN-03]

[José Júlio Curado]

HI!

Interesting note, Marvin!

In some way that's what we are doing in some "wannabe" TD's courses. As you
may know from personal experience, every now and then there is a group of
people that decide they want to know the laws better. Unfortunately, the
easy way to do it is to take a Club TD course... Most of these people have
no interest whatsoever to become a TD, they just want to UNDERSTAND the laws
that rule our game. There is a simple "compromise" solution to that: We run
a Club TD course composed of two parts. First we spend almost a day reading
and commentating on the laws. Then, for those really interested, we go
deeper. Those are the only ones being tested, but because there are more
people taking part on the program we can get lower rates for everybody (yes,
even Cub TD courses are paid here), and spot and encourage some people that
have "it" in themselves.

I guess Marvin's idea is not that different, except for the "spotting" good
potencial TD's part (I think it takes one to know one, but...). Basicly
there is one thing most of us must agree on: A huge majority of the players
break some law(s), just because they don't know any better... Marvin's idea
might just help those ones, and save us all a lot of trouble :-)

Let's do it!

Jose Curado


On 7/6/06, Marvin French <mfrench1 at san.rr.com> wrote:
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>
> From: "Guthrie"
> >
> > TFLB by the WBFLC should include all necessary
> > rules. WBF may be powerless to prevent other
> > organisations producing their own variants -- but
> > local organisations should not be forced to do
> > so -- as they currently are.
> >
> > Almost all rules are of practical concern to the
> > player. For example, under current law, a player
> > may decide not to draw attention to an infraction
> > because he judges that the likely ruling by a
> > director will not be as favourable as the result
> > he can expect without the director's intervention.
>
> Tennis has two versions of the rules, a small booklet for players
> and a huge one for umpires. Bridge should have the same, one for
> players and one for TDs. If players want to know the Laws in detail,
> as you suggest some might,  they could buy the TD version.
>
> Marv
> Marvin L. French
> San Diego, California
> www.marvinfrench.com
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