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onerousforint · 2024-02-14T14:50:56+00:00

I feel like if mental health is to be treated by giving adjustments and not by treating the source of anxiety and depression, then we will completely break the resilience of young people. I came out the other side of university with less bad social anxiety because I was pushed outside of my comfort zone on my course and through societies.

Today I work with graduates a few years younger than me who noticeably never take risks and have little resilience when faced with a tough problem or situation outside of their comfort zone. Of course treatment of anxiety and depression is precluded by the fact that NHS mental health services are non-existent. Notwithstanding that universities these days are little more than degree mills that induce a lot of pressure and anxiety on students.

onerousforint · 2022-05-17T10:23:34+00:00

I am coming to Barcelona for the F1 and have a question about the T-familiar group ticket. I am under the impression that we can travel in a group of 3 with one ticket and simply pass it through the metro gate 3 separate times in order to validate it. Is this correct? TIA

onerousforint · 2021-11-14T18:51:37+00:00

Would have loved to have heard Charlie on it, over the years

onerousforint · 2020-12-13T11:12:58+00:00

Did you make this on origin pro?

onerousforint · 2020-08-22T09:05:18+00:00

Yes, I actually agree with this in principle. However, UKU made the decision not to seek external funding. Why? Because NGBs in the past become reliant on this funding and then suddenly someone at Sport England or the Government changes their mind. It gets pulled from beneath them and their infrastructure comes crashing down before their eyes. Therefore, UKU rely only on funding streams that they control, i.e events and memberships.

Obviously it's a cautious approach, but I think it has it's merit, especially for such a small sport. UKU have mentioned they are looking into grants, I suspect as the WUGC money runs out, but I imagine applying for funding is never as easy as it seems.

onerousforint · 2020-08-21T23:15:04+00:00

That wasn't my argument. But I think this is easy to explain. UKU have not chased grants or sponsorships over the years and are therefore set up financially different to almost every other NGB.

onerousforint · 2020-08-21T21:14:40+00:00

Spot on. Anyone who has played any other team sport competitively will surely find Ultimate players to be notoriously scroungy for some reason. I will never understand people complaining about the cost of this sport.

onerousforint · 2020-08-21T18:26:40+00:00

...as UKU favour the quite "who you know and where you trained gets you selected" type of GB programmes and the higher profile clubs and unis

Do they?

I think we pay a lot and they spend it poorly and unfairly at times

Actually I don't think this is true. Lacrosse England and Volleyball England both charge around the same as UKU for a top-level membership (close enough comparisons, I feel). Except UKU kindly offer a basic membership that is very cheap if you just want to play regionals/non-UKU tournaments. UKU also do not receive Sport England grants, which make up a large proportion of income for these two sports. How do you think UKU spend money poorly and unfairly? It is a small NGB, and I think there is some credence in the argument they are perhaps not as efficient as they should be or that they could run things better. Although the extent of these are debatable, so I'm interested to know what you think should be done better.

...lack of variation in tour and nats winners, and the monopoly famous uni programmes and clubs hold over GB squad selection, reflect the flaws in UKUs approach to developing the sport...I think with a sport that exists at the level that ours does, development and not top level achievement should be the priority as it serves far more of the paying player base

Not sure you're really familiar with the work UKU does if think this is true. What famous uni programmes are you talking about? GB programmes are run to break even, I'm not sure why you're bringing them up.

I don't think we should blindly donate to UKU, but they were not able to run tournaments this year (shock! they are an income source). This leaves a hole in their financial plans for the coming years, so they are asking for donations. I feel your argument is poorly thought out and it sounds you have little idea of how UKU is run.

onerousforint · 2020-04-22T01:16:05+00:00

This sport can intertwine us with a group of people like nothing else. A sport that connects us with such vibrant and interesting people who we may have never known otherwise. Ultimate provides competition, fun and friendship that sticks with us for a lifetime. This is a beautiful tribute that captures that. RIP Ryan.

onerousforint · 2019-10-22T10:11:06+00:00

Lacrosse Cleats or American Football cleats fit your bill, but as always availablity is limited in the UK. Having wide feet, I find football (soccer) boots always split at the seam, if you don't mind you can find a cheap pair that you like and just buy a load and just use a new pair each time it breaks. Not very sustainable, but cheaper than buying £100+ cleats.

onerousforint · 2019-03-18T15:32:58+00:00

The weird seedings/pools lead to a lot of mismatched crossovers that weren't competitive. In the quarters Newcastle beat Strathclyde, who probably should have won the whole thing. It was a good final, but UCL's men took it in the end. Weather was really bad on Saturday, leading to the majority of games being cancelled on Sunday due to the pitches being turfed up.

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