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Old 11-30-2006, 09:55 PM
Biglock
 
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Default Is the Hobby to large to play one way????

Hey MFF family, today I had a talk with my friend Don Smith, as usual talking to Don is always EF informative and a great time, we talked about a few matters about our hobby and after our convo my mind was just full of ideas,questions and thoughts about the direction of our beloved hobby, but one question kept popping into my mind, IS EF TO BIG TO PLAY ONE WAY. I thought about the things I have been exposed to in the last three years, things I thought that before coming back into the hobby I would never see, the leaps and bounds EF has made collectively are outstanding, but back to the topic at hand, Don made me see a point in our convo, basically the hobby plays two styles of tackling Any Touch & front of the Base, so there are two standards right there, now as styles go there are many, I don't feel the hobby can follow one style, now let me explain myself, If we can as a hobby decide a set of rules and a style that can please majority of the Hobby than fine I could accept that as a National EF Rule standard, but it would have to be something that would attract me as an individual to be part of that group , now before the NHFL guys chime in and say hey this and hey that, I respect that they have already have a strong foundation and a set of rules in place, that to me is a start , but still there are certain areas that arent addressed for others that want a different kind of EF experience. Now I don't think the Custom/no Custom thing is a big deal but lets be honest if the NHFL allowed customs ( which I understand is on the table for next season) I know more coaches would involve themselves with this organization. But with that said EF as an entity is a large mixture of many different ideas, theories and sciences, to say that one style is better or worse to me is silly, each is just different, I find a good time playing alot of different ways DFW style, TBA style, Traditonal 3.2, MPFL,I even see the fun in playing with boiled or chemically altered bases, each of these methods of playing have strengths and weaknesses, but fortunately for me when I was exposed to each of these I was shown these styles of play by great EF people who explained things in depth and showed me what was what so any questions I had were answered in detail, I have a favorite way of playing yes, but my journey to understand the hobby better keeps me open to things that are different. I don't see one way as better or worse just different, And those differences to me our are strength, we must as collective Hobby learn that different isnt good or bad just different. I find fun in EF however i play, but our hobby will always lean toward what they think is fun or enjoyable. One way to play is cool, But I think we have grown to large to be boxed into a corner, I would support one style as a national Standard, but that being said that national style should represent the hobby on a whole, not just a few dudes that feel that our way is best. Just my thoughts.
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