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Ultimate frisbee (officially simply called ultimate) is a non-contact team sport played with a disc flung by hand. Ultimate was developed in 1968 by Joel Silver in Maplewood, New Jersey . [ 5 ] Although ultimate resembles many traditional sports in its athletic requirements, it is unlike most sports due to its focus on self-officiating, even at ...
He is considered to be one of the greatest Ultimate players of all time, noted for his top-end speed and athleticism. [1] Kittredge won one college title (three finals), six USA Ultimate club titles (nine finals), seven world championships, and five AUDL titles. [2] He also won the AUDL Most Valuable Player award twice. [3]
1979 - Started the Toronto Ultimate League (Club). This was the first disc ultimate league in Canada and one of the world's oldest leagues. Canada is considered a powerhouse in world disc ultimate and has been ranked number one several times in the world ultimate rankings according to the World Flying Disc Federation.
Which team begins play is determined "flipping the disc", an action similar to a coin toss, but using the disc itself. One member of the team is then selected to start play. Guts Frisbee is the oldest disc sport (1957) That member then raises an arm to indicate readiness to throw, at which point the members of the opposing team freeze in position.
Bernard "Buzzy" Hellring was a co-creator of Ultimate Frisbee. [1] Along with Joel Silver and Johnny Hines, Hellring created ultimate in the parking lot of Columbia High School in Maplewood, New Jersey.
Today, over 3,000 play Ultimate in Japan. In 1992, the 6th world Ultimate championship tournament was held in Utsunomiya and the final match was broadcast by NHK-BS in real time. In 1995, GAISF accepted WFDF as an official member. In addition, Ultimate was adopted by a sports class that the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and ...
Seattle Sockeye is a men's club ultimate frisbee team based in Seattle, Washington. They won the open (men's) division at the 2004, 2006, and 2007 UPA and 2019 USA Ultimate Club Championships, and the 1997 WFDF World Ultimate Club Championships.