ULTIMATE

FRISBEE
Physical Education 4
Major/Team Sports
 ULTIMATE
• Ultimate is a non-contact, self-refereed team sport
played with a flying disc frisbee.

• A frisbee (pronounced FRIZ-bee), also called a flying

disc or simply a disc.
 ULTIMATE
AIM OF THE GAME
The aim of the game-Two teams of
seven players compete on a playing
field about the same length as a
football field, but narrower. At each
end of the playing field there is an end
zone. Each team defends one end
zone.
SPIRIT OF THE GAME
Ultimate relies upon a Spirit of the
Game that places the responsibility for
fair play on every player. There are no
referees; the players are solely
responsible for following and enforcing
the rules, even at World Championship.
Competitive play is encouraged, but
never at the expense of respect between
players, adherence to the rules, and the
basic joy of play.
 Walter Frederick Morrison – the
man who invented the flying disc.

Whirlo-Way/Flying Saucer/Pluto
Platter – first names of the flying disc.
HISTORY

Yale University - where students had

started a campus craze tossing empty
pie tins from the Connecticut-based
pie manufacturer Frisbie Pie Company
 IMPORTANT EVENTS

Fred Morrison researched how to make a flat object fly

straighter and further, and thus the first patent for a Walter Morrison sold the rights to Wham-o
flying disc toy was born. Manufacturing

1948 23 Jan. 1957

1951
The first mass-produced disc toy, called the Pluto
Platter, was sold.
 IMPORTANT EVENTS

Wham-O Manufacturing changed the name to

“Frisbee” after learning that college students were Joel Silver and others at Columbia High School (CHS),
calling the flying disc by that term and a year after the Maplewood, NJ, USA, introduced their idea of an
Frisbie Pie Company's closing. "ultimate" Frisbee game to the student council

1958 1967

1966
The invention of Ultimate, also known as "Ultimate
Frisbee," occurred within a year of the first mechanical
patent on a flying disc, by Ed Headric.
 IMPORTANT EVENTS

The first team had been formed. They practiced on the The first conference of Ultimate teams was created
high schools parking lot. which consisted of five New Jersey high schools

1969 1971

1970
The very first interscholastic Ultimate game was played
between CHS and Milburn High
 IMPORTANT EVENTS

Ultimate Players Association (UPA) was founded, now

Yale hosted the first Ultimate tournament called USA Ultimate.

1975 1979

Summer of 1975
Ultimate was introduced at the Second World Frisbee
Championships at the Rose Bowl
 IMPORTANT EVENTS

The World Flying Disc Federation was founded, the The first World Ultimate Club Championships (WUCC)
international governing body for all disc sports was held in Cologne, Germany

1984 1989

Present
Almost every college has some presence of Ultimate
Frisbee, whether it be an official team, club, or people that
just meet up to play.
 DISC/FRISBEE - Unlike many sports with spherical,
inflated game balls, Ultimate uniquely uses a “flatball” or
disc-shaped ball for everything related to the sport.

Weight: 175 grams

Width: 10.50/10.75 inches all around
EQUIPMENT Color: White base color
& FACILITIES Material: Plastic
 CLEATS (Shoes) - Cleats are essential for being
able to run properly on the field and to give you a great
ground support. If you wear tennis shoes, it can be very
easy to slip when making the cut or even throwing. The
style of cleats you get depends on what you want in a shoe.
O Soccer cleats – great for beginners. Compared to other
cleat types, soccer cleats are lighter which makes it easier
to run on the field.
FACILITIES O Football cleats – good for ankle support when playing
& ultimate frisbee. As a beginner, it is a great cleat to start off
with.
EQUIPMENT
O Lacrosse cleats – the best type of cleat for experienced
players because they know how to control their body and
are knowledgeable in the rules and structure of the game.
 CLOTHING

• Shirts – It is suggested not to wear cotton shirts

but to wear breathable and light clothes.
FACILITIES • Shorts – they should be flexible, lightweight,
& breathable but tight enough so that it does not
EQUIPMENT get caught on you r legs while you run.
• Leggings – comfortable and athletic but no too
tight so that you have steady circulation in
your legs. Good to protect from scratches.
 THE FIELD

• Ultimate frisbee can be played on either grass

FACILITIES fields or sand fields. The full field is 100 meters
& long and 37 meters wide. The field of play is 64
EQUIPMENT meters long and 37 meters wide and each end
zone is 37 meters long and 18 meters wide.
Dimensions
Standard: 100x37 meters
 END ZONE

FACILITIES • One of the two areas at the end of the playing

& field where teams can score a goal by catching
EQUIPMENT the disc there.
Dimensions
Standard: 37x18 meters
 PLAYING FIELD

FACILITIES • The area of the field that gets the most action is
& the playing field since this is where the most
EQUIPMENT movement and plays occur.
Dimensions
Standard: 64x37 meters
 BOUNDARIES
FACILITIES
& • The sidelines are the lines on either side
EQUIPMENT of the playing field meant to separate the
players from the team and onlookers.
 BRICK MARK

When the disc is thrown out the back of the

FACILITIES
•
end zone or out of bounds in the end zone,
& then a player on offense can walk the disc up to
EQUIPMENT the brick mark spot on the field, then start the
point.
• The brick is 18 meters away from the front of
the end zone, in the middle of each sideline.
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