What is Ultimate Frisbee? How do you play?
Hello friends of Steemit in this opportunity I want to talk about the sport which I'm passionate about, but first of all to know how the Ultimate Frisbee is played you have to know its history, like when and where it started.
This goes back to the 70's in the United States, where at Princeton University was practiced for the first time, in 1972 the first Ultimate game was held between the universities of Princeton and Rutgers the first to play with a modality and rules, Then in 1975 the first Ultimate Fisbee tournament was held at Yale University.
In 1985 the World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) was created
Venezuela was the first Hispanic-American country to practice this sport and the first also to go to a world cup in the open category (Toronto 1991), the Yanomami team made up of players from the Esperanza up and Caobos Ultimate teams from my city Maracay, the cradle of the Ultimate in Venezuela, Currently there are more than 50 teams in the open category and in the open female category.
Already known a little of its history now I will explain how to play and some of its rules.
The Ultimate Frisbee is a game that promotes the spirit of the game, This is played with a 175 g disk.
The Ultimate Frisbee is a non-contact sport, any type of contact is foul, 7 against 7 (or 5 against 5 in the beach mode) are played and the objective is to pass the disc between the players until they receive it in the goal zone. similar to those of American football and scoring a goal.
Most matches are played at 17 goals or 90 minutes, with the halftime being 9 goals or 45 minutes whichever comes first.
The disc must be moved by passes or throws since you can not run with the disc in your hand once received you have to establish a pivot foot (as in basketball) and make a pass to a teammate in motion to score a goal.
(this is me before throwing a pass)
this is me before throwing a pass
If the disc falls to the ground after an incomplete pass it will be a change of possession (turn over)
Each player has a time of 10 seconds to release the disc or give a pass otherwise it will be a turn over, usually the count is done by the player who is defending.
Once a marker is 3 m from the launcher, you can start an account, starting with a call (stalling)
When a pass is incomplete, intercepted, blocked or thrown to the ground there is a change of possession and the disc passes to the defending team.
Interceptions or theft of the disc can only be when the disc is in the air, if an offensive player has the disc in his hand and the defense takes it off is a foul.
If the disc is thrown outside the limits of the field it is also a turn over.
To start a point of juice the defensive team makes a throw from its end zone towards the other zone and the receiving or offensive team will start playing from where the disc falls between the limits of the chancha, if the disc falls outside , the team will start from a brand called brick at 20 m from the goal area
Each team can make indefinite changes only when one point is finished or in case of an injury which allows the other team to make a change if they wish to do so.
Well friends here I leave a brief summary of the Ultimate Frisbee, I hope you like it and learn a little more about the sport that I love, without anything to say I say goodbye until the next post.
