Week 6: Glory Days Recap/Contact Call

Over the weekend, we went over the new, "experimental" rule called "contact." It is not part of the 11th Edition rules, but does apply to club, college, and youth championships and certain tournaments, when specified by the tournament director. It is described by USAU as:

"Contact Call - If contact occurs between the thrower and marker that would constitute a foul under XVI.H.3.a but the thrower does not release the disc, "contact" may be called. Play does not stop and the marker resumes the stall count at "one". Other than resetting the stall count to "one" after the first instance, the "contact" call is treated as any other marking violation. The marker may contest the "contact" call by calling "violation", which stops play. If the thrower calls "contact" after beginning the throwing motion and subsequently releases the disc, it is treated as if the thrower called "foul"."

Basically...
-If there is contact between thrower and marker but the thrower does NOT release the disc, the thrower may call "contact" rather than "foul"
-Play does NOT stop. The marker must start the count over at "one" and play continues
-The marker may contest the contact call by calling "violation." In this instance, play DOES stop. 
-If the thrower calls 'contact' after a throwing motion and releases the disc, it is the same as if the thrower called 'foul' and the rules regarding fouls apply. 

I also just now discovered a rules FAQ on USAU's website. Here is the link for anyone who is interested in some tricky or confusing calls: http://www.usaultimate.org/faq/#69 There were a few things that came up this weekend that are answered here (when the disc goes back on a pick, dropping the count on marking violations, fouls in the end zone, and perhaps others). I'm relatively certain we made the right call in each of these situations. So yay for us.