Frisbee’s name is a spin-off from a defunct Connecticut bakery, Frisbie Pie Co. New England college students often tossed empty pie tins around for fun, a habit that led them to refer to the Pluto Platter as a “frisbie.”

1957

In 1968 Joel Silver introduced his idea of Ultimate Frisbee to the Columbia High School student council in Maplewood New Jersey, USA. The next year, the first game was played between two groups of students. They used a Wham-O Master disc.

Pluto Platter

Walter Frederick Morrison

Initiate Play — Each point begins with both teams lining up on the front of their respective endzone line. The defense throws (“pulls”) the disc to the offense. A regulation game has seven players per team. Scoring — Each time the offense completes a pass in the defense’s endzone, the offense scores a point.

There are three types of throws that are mainly used in an Ultimate game; the backhand and forehand throws which are considered the basics, and the overhead throw, more commonly known as the hammer throw, which is considered to be more advanced.

A player on the goal lone throws the Frisbee towards the other team. As soon as the Frisbee is released, all players may cross the goal lines. No player on the throwing team may touch the Frisbee in the air before it is touched by a member of the receiving team.

Change of Possession 1. A change of possession occurs when a pass is not completed (dropped, hits the grounds, falls out of bounds, intercepted, knocked down) and no defensive interference occurs. 2.

A pitcher creates the momentum necessary to throw a baseball by simply moving his arm like a windmill. But a 16-pound sphere is way too hefty to just toss like a baseball. In order to create enough momentum to propel the shot or the discus, throwers have to turn their whole bodies, not just their arms, into windmills.