Rules School

The PDGA is introducing a new feature to their site: Rules School. I think this is a good feature and hope you will check it out. I'm putting the first paragraph of the first in the series - Interference - on here and then you can click the link if you'd like to read further - it really is pretty interesting and helpful for playing in tournaments. It clarifies some things for you.

Rules School is a new PDGA series to highlight and explain each section of the PDGA Rulebook. Interference 803.07 is the first installment. A recent event brought up some interesting issues pertaining to Interference. So this looked like a good topic to kick off the series. The format will be to reproduce a passage from the rulebook and then discuss its background and meaning along with some real world examples to illustrate the points.
Rule 803.07A: A thrown disc that hits another player, spectator, or animal shall be played where it comes to rest.
A moving disc contacts a living object that is unaware the disc is coming toward it or is unable to get out of the way fast enough. The disc is marked and played from where it lands after the deflection. The thrower does get an OB penalty if the deflection is unlucky and the disc ends up OB. This is no different from the randomness of a disc deflecting OB off a tree branch waving in the wind – 300 milliseconds later the disc might have missed the waving branch completely.

For more on the Interference Rule and there is a bunch more. Good stuff.