Ultimate Frisbee

October 4th, 2010

Welcome to the Ultimate Frisbee homepage. This years Ultimate season is jam packed with exciting tournaments and adventures. The Courtice Ultimate Team is a well spirited coed team comprised of players of all grades and skill levels. We meet year round to socialize and enjoy the sport of Ultimate. If you are interested in joining our team feel free to talk to Mr. Vaughan or Mr. Watson or just show up to one of our practices listed bellow. New Players are always welcome any time of the year!

What is Ultimate?

Ultimate (also called Ultimate Frisbee) is a limited-contact team sport played with a 175 gram flying disc. The object of the game is to score points by passing the disc to a player in the opposing end zone, similar to an end zone in American football or rugby. Players may only move one foot while holding the disc.

While originally called Ultimate Frisbee, it is now officially called Ultimate because Frisbee is the trademark, albeit genericized, for the line of discs made by the Wham-O toy company. In 2008, there were 4.9 million Ultimate players in the US.^[1]

-Source Wikipedia

The Spirit of Ultimate

“Spirit of the Game”, perhaps the central governing principle of ultimate. Ultimate players, by their own reckoning, are among the more courtly athletes. Respect for one’s opponent is paramount. In contrast to crybaby sports like soccer and basketball wherein skilled thespians refine the art of fouling and being fouled, the official ultimate rules strictly forbid any action—taunting, intentional fouls—that might be construed as bad sportsmanship. “Often,” says the introduction to the rules, “a player is in a position where it is clearly to the player’s advantage to foul” or rattle his opponent with taunts, but such tactics are considered “a gross offense against the spirit of sportsmanship.”

-Source, Read the full article here

Video from Last Years Beach Tournament

Check out this quick clip of our tournament at the Cobourg beach last year.

Practice Schedule

Our complete practice schedule will be posted on a google calendar. Link Coming soon. For now you can find us from 5pm-6:30pm in the main Gym on Thursdays.

Playbook

Our top secret playbook is currently underdevelopment this section of the webpage will be password protected and you will need to see your coaches for the details.

Tournaments

Most of our competitive play is done at tournaments. We try to do as many tournaments as possible to give everyone tons of great days of Ultimate. This year we are planing on attending at least 1 indoor tournament to get us warmed up; A local tournament hosted at Bowmanville High School; Reach the Beach, a team favorite hosted at the Cobourg Beaches where all games are played on the beach; and this year we will also be taking up the challenge of trying to compete at the provincial and/or national level by potentially traveling to OFSSA or a National Tournament.

Most of the tournaments take place in April and May but we practice formally and informally all year round.

Fundraising

To try and keep the cost for each player down we will be undertaking a number of fundraising opportunities. More details on this to follow.

Forms

This week we will be distributing permission forms at practice. Additional Copies will be available here in case you miss place yours.

Ultimate in 10 Simple Rules

http://www.ultimatehandbook.com/Webpages/Beginner/simplerules.html

Official Rules

At some point in your Ultimate career you should take the time to read the complete official rules here is a link to them here.

11th Edition Rules