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Frisbee
After the early use of pie dishes, then the mass production of plastic discs in the 1950's, the flying disc has been used in a wide variety of sports. Disc Golf, Ultimate and Freestyle are the most played sports, but there are a lot of others, including several variants of Ultimate for playing in smaller areas, Double Court, Guts and variations on Cricket, Baseball Basketball, Lacrosse etc. and childrens ball games where the ball is replaced with the Frisbee. See the Overview and History below for more information.
This page contentains links to resources for Disc Sports as a whole and covers most of the less common games played with discs. See the following pages for the major disc sports:
The Global Game
All about Frisbee
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Disc Games
Extensive coverage by Answers.com showing probably the most comprehensive list of games on the web with explanations and links to them
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Frisbee Sports
Frisbeedisc.com describes the 3 popular disciples with Frisbees - Ultimate Frisbee., Free-style and Frisbee Golf - along with several other less-known versions:Distance, Accuracy, Discathon, Double-disc court, Guts and Boomarang. It provides advice on playing better for each type.
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List of Frisbee Games
Brief explanation off dozens of them!
What is Frisbee
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Disc Sports
From Discraft, who manufacture the products - Ultimate and Frestyle Frisbee. A court layout for Ultimate is shown
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Frisbee Links around the World
from FFINDR- a free online ressource that helps finding any kind of Frisbee-related information. Furthermore FFindr aims to become the ultimate one-stop solution for organising and managing Frisbee tournaments and events online.
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Other sports you can use Frisbee for
from Spinningbees - for developing children's basic skills, such as throwing accurately. Bowling and Baseball are described ...
The History of Frisbee
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History Timeline for Flying Discs
Shows the key dates, developments, developers and events
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History of the Frisbee
From Inventors.About. Did it really evolve from pie tins provided by The Frisbie Baking Company (1871-1958) of Bridgeport, Connecticut, made pies that were sold to many New England colleges? Hungry college students soon discovered that the empty pie tins could be tossed and caught, providing endless hours of game and sport. Read on .....
Frisbee Equipment
Frisbee Training
Frisbee Science
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Aerodynamics of the Frisbee
From Inventors.About.
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Physics of Flying Discs
From Answers.com. A flying disc can fly through the air because of its shape, weight, initial direction of throw, and spin. The successful flight of a particular disc is determined by these variables as well as others such as deformation. Useful diagrams explain the science.
Play/Watch Frisbee
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Double Disc Court
Disk Sport UK. Rules, strategy, equipment, court dimensions, discussion group
Double Disc Court (DDC)
This is played by two teams of two players each. It’s kind of like space-aged tennis with each team defending a court from the attack of the opponents. The attacks are made in two ways: by the throwing of one of two discs into the opponents’ court, having the disc come to a rest within that court without ever having touched out-of-bounds, or by causing both discs to be touched by a player or players on the opposing team the same time. A team scores a point whenever they make a successful attack or whenever an opponent throws a disc out-of-bounds. From Frisbee Disc
Guts
Guts is a sport played between two teams of one to five players each. The objective is to be the first team to score 21 points. To start play, each team lines up facing each other 14 m apart. Play is accomplished by a player attempting to throw the disc toward or at the opposing team and within the reach of at least 1 player of that team, in such a manner that the opposing team cannot make a clean catch. Scoring is contingent on the success or failure of the throwing team. A good throw, without a catch, results in a point for the throwing team and a bad throw results in a point for the receiving team. From GutsFrisbee.com
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Guts overview from Wikipedia
The game, history, variations (Slobberguts, Flutterguts, Dodge Disc)
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Guts rulebook
from the World Flying Disc Association.
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Guts rulebook
from the World Flying Disc Association.
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How to Play Guts Frisbee
From e-How. A series of videos by Ryan Scott is a member of the United States Guts Players Assoc. (USGPA)
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History of Guts Frisbee
From the USPGA. "In 1958, two brothers, Boots and John Healy, discovered a "Pluto Platter" in a store in Minneapolis. It was passed about the family until Tim and Mary Healy and several friends began tossing it around on July 4, 1958. By the end of the day, the game of Guts was invented-two teams of five players stand fourteen meters (fifteen yards) apart and throw the Frisbee (less than vertical and within reach) to be caught by the other team with one hand......"
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History of the pro disc with a Guts emphasis
from Buck, self appointed historian of GUTS frisbee
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2008 WFDF World Ultimate and Guts Championships
The WFDF World Ultimate & Guts Championships are currently held every 4 years. Qualifying events in each country typically occur in the year prior to the World Championships. In the summer of 2008, over 1600 athletes from 21 countries gathered in Vancouver, Canada for the WFDF 2008 World Ultimate & Guts Championships.
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International Youth Guts Frisbee Association
on Facebook - join the community.
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United States Guts Frisbee Association
The Pros, Tournaments Archives, Guts Community, Video Library
Organisational Bodies for Disc Sports
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Frisbee Freestyle Players Association
The Freestyle Players Association (FPA), established in 1978, is a non-profit organization dedicated to the growth of freestyle disc play as a lifetime recreation and a competitive sport. The basic techiques of Freestyle Frisbee are presented together with how the performances are judged. History of Freestyle, results, events, players ....
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World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF)
WFDF is made up of the National Organisations and Federations that govern their respective disc sports. and is responsible for hosting World Championships and developing the Rules of the Game for Ultimate, Guts, DDC, and Field Events
Frisbee Events
Frisbee in Asia
Frisbee in Singapore
Play/Watch Frisbee in Singapore
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Singapore Frisbee Sports
made up of a core group of passionate Frisbee enthusiasts who are looking to give back something to the game of Ultimate, who are working to establish Ultimate Frisbee in schools through their Frisbee Introduction Program (FIP) & by running annual Junior & Youth tournaments & leagues.
Frisbee in Oceania
Frisbee in New Zealand
Play/Watch Frisbee in New Zealand
Frisbee Organisational bodies in New Zealand
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