Ultimate Frisbee
Ultimate Frisbee History

Ultimate frisbee is kind of like frisbee and football mixed. The object of the game is to score points by passing the disc to a player in the opposing end zone. The ultimate frisbee begins with Joel Silver. He proposed a school Frisbee team in the fall of 1968. The following spring, a group of students got together to play what Silver claimed to be the "ultimate game experience," adapting the sport from a form of Frisbee Football. In 1979 and 1980 the Ultimate Players Association was formed. The UPA organized regional tournaments and has crowned a national champion every year since 1979. Ultimate frisbee is now called just Ultimate.

Ultimate Frisbee Rules

To begin play the ultimate players from each team line up on their end zones and the defense team throws the disc to the other team as a kick-off. We normally throw the frisbee far so the offensive team has poor field position and a chance for the us to get down the field soon enough to stop advances. The disc may be moved in any direction by completing a pass to a teammate. After catching a pass, a player is required to come to a stop as quickly as possible, and then can only move their non-pivot foot. A point is scored when a player catches a pass in the end zone his team is attacking. After a point is scored, the teams exchange ends. The team who just scored remains in that end zone, and the opposing team takes the opposite end zone. An incomplete pass results in a change of possession. When this happens the defense immediately becomes the offense and gains possession of the disc where it comes to a stop on the field of play, or where it first traveled out of bounds. A foul is the result of contact between players, although incidental contact does not constitute a foul. When a foul disrupts possession, the play resumes as if the possession were retained. The field is a rectangle with two end zones. The field is seventy yards by forty yards, with end zones 25 yards deep. No physical contact is allowed between players. Picks and screens are also prohibited. A foul occurs when contact is made. Players not in the game may replace players in the game after a score and during an injury timeout. Players are responsible for foul and line calls. Players resolve their own disputes. This creates a spirit of honesty and respect on the playing field. It is the duty of the player who committed the foul to speak up and admit what they did.