Ultimate Frisbee

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Ultimate Frisbee - The Sport
Ultimate Frisbee is a sport that requires both athleticism and endurance...

Ultimate Frisbee - The Disc
The official regulation disc of USA Ultimate is the Discraft Ultra-Star ultimate disc...

Ultimate Frisbee Forums
UltiTalk.com is our recommended forum for ultimate frisbee discussion...

Ultimate Frisbee News
If you want news about ultimate frisbee and you want it current and up-to-date...

Ultimate Frisbee Rules
Full ultimate game rules...
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Ultimate Frisbee History
The ultimate frisbee history begins with Joel Silver...

Ultimate Frisbee Terms
Pull, Bid, Dump, Layout, Scurvy, Stall Count, Huck...

Ultimate Frisbee Discs
There is often some confusion about the terms ultimate disc and Frisbee disc...

Ultimate Frisbee Games
Top 10 Games to play with an ultimate frisbee disc...
Ultimate Frisbee pick-up and tournament games...

Ultimate Frisbee Throws
Ultimate Frisbee throws...
Ultimate Frisbee instructional kit...

Ultimate Frisbee Sport

Ultimate Frisbee is a non-contact team sport played with a 175 gram flying ultimate disc. Ultimate Frisbee is a sport that requires both athleticism and endurance. It is one of the fastest growing sports in America and commonly played on university campuses and parks. General Ultimate Frisbee Rules goes as follows: The object of the sport is to score points by passing the ultimate disc to a player in the opposing end zone, similar to an end zone in American football or rugby. Basic ultimate rules involve two teams of seven players on each. One team pulls the disc to the other as in a kick-off scenario. Once the receiving team gains possession of the ultimate disc then the ultimate frisbee players pass the disc to their teammates to advance up the ultimate field toward the end zone. Running with the disc is forbidden and the only way to gain forward progress is by passing the disc. The opposing ultimate team attempts to thwart the offense by intercepting the disc or (more commonly) knocking the disc to the ground during a pass. Once the ultimate disc hits the ground the possession changes. For more detailed ultimate frisbee rules see our Ultimate Frisbee Rules page.

Ultimate Frisbee Disc

If you intend to be playing an officiated ultimate tournament game you can expect to be using a Discraft Ultra-Star. The Discraft Ultra-Star ultimate disc is the official disc of USA Ultimate, the national governing body of ultimate in the United States. Regulation ultimate discs are 175 grams in weight and 10.75 inches in diameter. The most commonly used ultimate frisbee disc is not a "Frisbee" but an "Ultra-Star". The Ultra-Star is a disc created by Discraft adversely the Frisbee disc is made by Wham-O and is also an approved disc by USA Ultimate.

Ultimate Frisbee Forums

Disc Ace recommends UltiTalk.com for finding great ultimate frisbee related online discussions. You may notice Disc Ace advertisements on their site and think that may be why we recommend it but in fact we chose to advertise on UltiTalk because it was the most useful and updated online ultimate frisbee forum we could find.

Ultimate Frisbee News

If you want news about ultimate frisbee and you want it current and up-to-date visit the USA Ultimate website (USA Ultimate is the national governing body for Ultimate in the United States). It has updates for tournaments current events and news about everything Ultimate including news for college, club, youth, league, recreational ultimate and more. It is a great resource for ultimate players across the nation.

Ultimate Frisbee Rules

Ultimate is played with two teams of seven players on each. The game begins with a pull and continues with ultimate players passing the disc to each other to advance up the field until it is caught by a player standing in the end zone. A player may not run with the disc but if the disc is caught by a player in stride he or she may have two steps to come to a stop (number of steps various for pick-up games). Ultimate frisbee rules cont...

Ultimate Frisbee History

The ultimate frisbee history begins with Joel Silver, a graduate of Lafayette College, proposed a school Frisbee team on a whim 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, likely learned from Jared Kass while attending a summer camp at Northfield Mount Hermon, Massachusetts where Kass was teaching. The students who played and codified the rules at Columbia High School in Maplewood, New Jersey, were an eclectic group of students including leaders in academics, student politics, the student newspaper, and school dramatic productions. One member of the original ultimate team was Walter Sabo, who went on to be a major figure in the American radio business. The sport became identified as a counterculture activity. Ultimate frisbee history cont...

Ultimate Disc and Ultimate Frisbee Disc

There is often some confusion about the terms ultimate disc and Frisbee disc. That is because "Frisbee®" is a registered trademark name (a brand name if you will) when it is often assumed to mean a general flying disc. Frisbee® is an owned trademark of Wham-O, hence the "Wham-O Ultimate Frisbee discs." Often times people refer to ultimate discs that are not Frisbees as "frisbee discs" despite the Wham-O ultimate frisbee being a completely different type of disc. It's like people referring to tissues as Kleenex, no matter what brand name it actually is. However the official ultimate disc of USA Ultimate is the Discraft Ultra-Star which introduces the phrase "ultrastar frisbee". There is no such thing as an "ultrastar frisbee" disc nonetheless you can understand the meaning. The Ultra-Star ultimate disc is a 175 gram disc designed with great durability, excellent control and amazing distance capabilities for your ultimate frisbee game. Visit Discraft Ultra-Stars for ultimate disc images and purchase options.

175 Gram Flying Ultimate Disc

Discraft Ultra-Star Ultimate Disc

Ultra-Star SuperColor Ultimate Disc

Wham-O Ultimate Frisbee Disc

Discraft Ultra-Star Ultimate Discs

There are various brands of 175 gram flying ultimate discs. The 175g Discraft Ultra-Star ultimate disc is the most popular choice. The Discraft Ultra-Star is the Official Ultimate Disc of the Ultimate Players Association Championship Series as well as the official ultimate disc for high school and college tournaments world wide. The Ultra-Star is engineered with a contoured grip and aerodynamic engineering. You can view and purchase various color options of the Discraft Ultra-Star from our Ultra-Star ultimate disc page. Also available are SuperColor Ultra-Stars, Ultra-Stars with custom printed designs. You can also order your own batch of SuperColor Ultra-Stars with your own personal design printed on the top at our Custom Ultimate Discs page.

Wham-O Ultimate Frisbee

The original ultimate frisbee disc is the Wham-O Frisbee®. Today the Frisbee is more commonly used for leisure play and as a casual catching disc. You'll most likely find a Wham-O Ultimate Frisbee® on the beach although the Frisbee is still sometimes used in ultimate frisbee games as well. You can purchase individual Ultimate Frisbees on our Frisbee Ultimate Discs page or order large quantities of Wham-O Frisbees on our Ultimate Disc Wholesale page.

Ultimate Frisbee Disc Throws

There are many throws used in ultimate frisbee but to get you started you can view a list of the Top 10 Ultimate Frisbee Throws that can make your game that much better. Which throws someone uses is solely based on the individual ultimate frisbee player. Each player will have their own preferences of how to throw a disc. There are some very unique and useful throws though that can help you gain control of a defense dominated play and recover the control of the disc and essentially the control of the ultimate frisbee game.

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