After an extensive search process, I have found that there are no threads devoted to Ultimate, and yet apparently, quite a few TL'er play it.
This is an unacceptable state of affairs for one of the greatest games to ever grace a field.
Seriously.
So if you spend your free time tossing a disc around, practicing your zone defense while brushing your teeth, throwing scoobers with everyday objects, or making layout D's on passerby, identify yourself!*
* And if anyone is going to High Tide Week III (15-18) you should tell me.
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If you're thoroughly confused as to what gives a sport the awesomeness quotient that allows it to be called 'ultimate', I urge you to check out the following links:
ultimate is probably the most played sport at the university i just graduated from. there's a quad right in the middle of campus where we'd play for hours. i've grown to like it pretty good.
My school plays for IM teams, and my hall (almost) took championships this year. I love Ultimate, it's such a good way to stay in shape since you never stop moving.
Best shot I can do is the hammer, since it's like hitting an pronating overhead in tennis :D
Ultimate Frisbee is well "ultimate" . I've only played Disc Golf myself here in Santa Cruz @ DelaVeaga. Well fuck, I'm 44 yrs old now. Don't think I could handle banging heads with 20yr olds, but I'd give it a shot.
On March 05 2010 16:57 Bajadulce wrote: Ultimate Frisbee is well "ultimate" . I've only played Disc Golf myself here in Santa Cruz @ DelaVeaga. Well fuck, I'm 44 yrs old now. Don't think I could handle banging heads with 20yr olds, but I'd give it a shot.
Santa Cruz has pretty good pickup, and players range from UCSC collegiates to the middle age tech worker.
I play (ultimate), but my gripes are that it's not competitive enough. They just had the NFL combine over the last week, and any of those players would just destroy elite players. Tim Tebow, a freaking quarterback recorded a 38 1/2" vertical. Randy Moss had a 53" vertical at his combine, he's fast as shell, given a floaty disk he would be completely undefendable by any ultimate player. Ultimate players don't train nearly as hard as football players or olympic athletes, which makes it feel like a second tier sport.
If you can get past that, as a spectator sport, it's difficult to televise. The attempts they have so far need a lot more cameras and better angles, if you pan from an end zone, you have a terrible view of the action at the other end of the field, if you watch from the middle, the play will move in and out of your line of sight. And if you get past that, it's not that fun to watch unless you play yourself, although I would say the same about soccer. And the 90% scoring rates at club levels is a lot less exciting than 50% would be.
Yeah I play it a lot. It is such a fun sport, highly dynamic and with a lot of sprinting (which I also like doing ^_^). It's also so well designed for at lot of spectacular plays.
Self promotion: I just won the national indoor championship with my team in my country. YEAH!
On March 05 2010 16:17 talismania wrote: carleton grad here . ultimate is very fun, though I only ever played IM (was never good enough for either team)
Carleton's fucking good, you gotta be an athlete to be on their teams.
On March 05 2010 16:17 talismania wrote: Carleton grad here . ultimate is very fun, though I only ever played IM (was never good enough for either team)
The fact that GOP (the Carleton B-Team) regularly makes regionals, to say nothing of CUT winning nationals last year is insane. We didn't make it to Exit 69 this year, but I'd like to next year.
- Macalester
On March 05 2010 15:59 mmp wrote:
As your linked video shows, it is not a very popular sport. :p
EPT
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. ultimate is very fun, though I only ever played IM (was never good enough for either team)
