Frisbee

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Frisbee

• The most fun game around!!

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History

• The game of Ultimate Frisbee was invented by a
  group of High School students at Columbia High in
  Maplewood, NJ in the late 1960s. The original
  rules were 20-30 players each team. The rules
  also allowed for players to run with the disc and
  included a line of scrimmage and a series of
  downs, like in football. The game grew in
  popularity in the 70s and is now played by
  thousands of people across the United States. It
  is played in 42 countries, programs in Sweden,
  Norway, and Japan. It is estimated that 100,000
  people play worldwide.

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Equipment

• Key element is the Frisbee 175g (standard)
• Footwear- Football or Soccer cleats (baseball
  cleats not recommended)
• Cones for marking
• out of bounds.

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Facility Requirements

• Outdoors is ideal, gym can be used (regular
  tennis shoes)
• As long as you have marked off
• areas for scoring and out of bounds
• you can use indoor, or outdoor facilities

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SKILLS

• Offensive Skills
• Throwing (key offensive skill)
• Grips-backhand, power, hybrid, forehand
• Speed
• Pulling- the time the disc spends in the air
  or where the disc will land
• Trick Throws- Wrist Hammer, Thumb Hammer,
  Inverse Thumb Backhand, Bowler
• Receiving
• Catching
• Cutting- fake going to one side and then turn
  hard to cut to the other side.

• Defensive Skills
• Marking
• Basic Marking- reacting to whatever the thrower
  is doing to try to make the throw more difficult.
• Keep on balls of feet, weight low, hands low arms
  spread, learn to read fakes, dont over commit to
  the open side, call up when throwers throw.
• Defending
• Communication
• Man-on-man defense
• Defending your zone ( Point, Axis, Middle, Wing,
  Deep)

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Backhand Grip
Backhand Grip
Backhand Grip

• Basic Forehand
• Second Basic Forehand
• Power(most popular)
• Hybrid
• Basic Backhand
• (In order left/right)

You got to know how to GRIP!!!
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ZONES

• The Wings- Conceptually, the Wings have the
  simplest job on the field. They each have one
  side of the field to mark, and the aim is to stop
  passes up either of the sidelines. The Wing's job
  is to find and stop any cutters to that thrower.
  This may involve going man-to-man for a short
  while. It is not the Wing's job to mark the
  player with the disc.
• The Deep- has the task of intercepting any long
  throws put up by the offence. The job is usually
  not hard since if there is any wind it is
  difficult to throw accurately, so it is not often
  that the Deep comes into play. As a result, the
  main job of the Deep is to talk to the other
  players, primarily the Middle and Wings, and tell
  them where to go and who to cover.

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Zones..

• The Points-The job of Point requires a fair
  amount of fitness and good marking skills, they
  are the only defensive players that should ever
  be marking the thrower. The cup tends to have to
  do quite a lot of running. The three players in
  the cup (LP, AX RP) have to decide which way
  the cup is going to force the thrower. This will
  often be towards the middle of the field.
• The Axis- has the task of coordinating the cup .
  Coordination involves telling the points who will
  mark a particular thrower, how wide the cup
  should be spaced and which way to move. AX should
  also listen to calls from MD as to where poppers
  are. The AX can turn around a lot of the time and
  cover any man who is near the cup. MD should
  usually alert AX to warn them when a man is near
  the cup by saying "coming in".
• The Middle - covers the area directly behind the
  cup. This usually involves marking man-to-man on
  anyone that comes into this area, until they
  leave it or they run through the cup. Once a
  receiver enters the cup. The other job of MD is
  to talk to the cup. If a receiver is coming into
  the cup, AX needs to be told to close the cup up
  on that side. The cup may also need to be told if
  it is too open or too close together.

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Rules

• The Field an official Ultimate Frisbee
  field is 70 yards by 40 yards, with 25 yard
  endzones. However, if you can't find that much
  space, you can always mark a field a little
  shorter.
• Starting the Game - Each point begins with
  both teams lining up on the front of their
  respective end zone line. The defense throws the
  disc to the offense. A regulation game has seven
  players per team.
• Movement of the Disc - The disc may be moved
  in any direction by completing a pass to a
  teammate. Players may not run with the disc. The
  person with the disc ("thrower") has ten seconds
  to throw the disc. The defender guarding the
  thrower ("marker") counts out the stall count.
• Change of Possession - When a pass in not
  completed (e.g. the disc goes out of bounds,
  drops, is blocked, or intercepted), the defense
  immediately takes possession of the disc and
  becomes the offense.

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Rules.

• Non-contact - No physical contact is allowed
  between players. Picks and screens are also
  prohibited. A foul occurs when contact is made.
• Fouls - When a player makes contact with
  another player a foul occurs. When a foul
  disrupts possession, the play resumes as if the
  possession was retained. If the player committing
  the foul disagrees with the foul call, the play
  is redone.
• Self-Refereeing - Players are responsible for
  their own foul and line calls. Players resolve
  their own disputes
• Spirit of the Game - Ultimate Frisbee stresses
  sportsmanship and fair play. It's cool to be
  competitive, but always remember to respect other
  players, play by the rules and have fun

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Fun Facts

• Before the invention of plastic flying disc or
  the frisbee, people threw around metal pie tins
  from the Frisbee Baking Company of Newport,
  Connecticut. Thats how modern day Frisbee was
  given its name.
• Since the invention of the Frisbee, more than
  200 million have been sold worldwide. Its
  estimated that more Frisbees are sold each year
  than footballs, basketballs, and baseballs
  combined.

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Sources

• www.kidzworld.com/article/4405-rules-of-playing-ul
  timate-frisbee
• www.wikianswers.com/Q/what_is _the_history_of_ulti
  mate_frisbee.html
• www.whatisultimate.com/history/history_game1_en.ht
  ml
• www.expertvillage.com/video/43143_ultimate_frisbee
  __history.html
• www.usu.edu/campree/intramurals/leagues/rules/ulti
  mate.pdf