Ultimate Frisbee
 

So from the athletic socks thread, it was pretty clear that a number of people on this board play Ultimate, and someone suggested starting a thread. So here it is.

I play Ultimate for Northwestern University. For those who don't know, colleges treat Ultimate as a Club sport, so it gets some recognition and funding from the schools (highly school-dependant, however). I've been playing for four years now.

I also play a ton of Ultimate in the summer, since I come home to Seattle, where there is a ton of Ultmate being played. I play on a summer league team and with the U of Washington team.

So if you play, post here; where you live/who you play for/how long/whatever.

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Never played, is this the frisbee golf? if it is, i have a "course" nearby, Can you post rules,or link to rules?

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Never played, is this the frisbee golf? if it is, i have a "course" nearby, Can you post rules,or link to rules?

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no.

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Have played since I was in high school in 1993 or so. I played 4 years at the University of Illinois, captaining the team my senior year. After moving to Chicago, played with decent men's and co-ed teams for around 4 years, then a very good co-ed team that made Nationals in 2003. I have been out of competitive Ultimate until this year. Played a few tournaments here or there, played some league stuff in madison in the past year. Now playing in Chicago with Mr. Briefcase, which went to Nationals in the co-ed division last year. We'll see about this year. The team is supposedly better, so hopefully it will be another trip to Sarasota.

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Youtube videos?

Links?

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Thanks for starting this thread, OP! I considered making one myself.

I play at Stanford. I've played there for three years, and three years in high school. I play year round at school , in pickup games, and summer leagues. Basically Ultimate is the best thing thats happened to me sports wise. I remember being a sophomore in high school wondering what the hell this sport was my friends were playing. I hated track and had been too short for basketball since middle school, so I joined the team and never looked back.

Ultimate gets a bad rap sometimes for being "not a sport" or "only for hippies" but anyone who has seen a real competitive game knows the truth. It has all the ingredients necessary to be an extremely popular sport with national media coverage, but most players and organizers are content to maintain a niche community, probably fearing any attempt to "professionalize" the sport would result in rule changes and otherwise harm the spirit of the game.

Personally, I'm not sure where I stand on this issue. I want Ultimate to retain its principles and tradition, but I would love to see it become popular.

Anyway, I love Ultimate, great sport, great community.

-Nate

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Youtube videos?

Links?

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Go to Ultivillage.com and look at the clips of the day.

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tons of kids played it at my college. i think its pretty boring compared to othe sports.

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tons of kids played it at my college. i think its pretty boring compared to othe sports.

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You might be retarded. It's kind of like football where everyone is a QB and a WR and play never stops. You have the same kind of patterns and timing throws, and the skill of throwing of a good ultimate player is unbelievable, curving all kinds of ways to get around defenders, it's sick.

IMHO Ultimate is really awesome because the "honor system" works so well in it. When you play with people who try to play "hard defense" and play cheap it really sucks. I mean if it was professional and people played like they do in the NBA or whatever it would be retarded with constant fouls. I never played serious like you guys, but lots of pickup games, and some of the Seattle and Palo Alto inter-company geek wars.

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Do people call it Ultimate because Frisbee sounds too childish and easy to dismiss as a serious endeavor?