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Dialogic Ultimate Frisbee |
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The guiding principle behind Ultimate...Spirit of the Game
Now played in more than thirty-five countries, Ultimate is being recognized as the sport of the future. The fast-paced disc sports combines the constant running of soccer, the defensive positioning of basketball, and the passing patterns of football to form a sport like no other. If you have never seen Ultimate played, you are missing out...picture this:
Two teams of seven line up across from one another on a football-size field. Constant and explosive running gives the impression of chaos, but carefully timed "cuts" by each player have a particular goal in mind. The flying disc is thrown and the pass completed, but not without a diving block attempt by the defender. A teammate is making a dash for the end-zone and the thrower sends the disc over sixty yards down the field. It looks like an impossible catch, but at the last moment, the receiver "lays out" and, for a moment, an airborne body and outstretched arm fly parallel to the disc. The fingertips glide under the disc's rim, the catch is made, and a point scored!
Who monitors the on-field action of this game? The answer is a refreshing way to look at competitive sport. The players themselves officiate all competitive play - from local level pick-up to world championship tournaments, and are honor-bound by what is called "the Spirit of the Game" to call fouls and settle disputes as they occur. Intensely competitive play is encouraged, but never at the expense of mutual respect between players. This recipe of cooperation and maximum personal achievement has yielded unprecedented growth for Ultimate since it's birth in 1968.
Anyone who doesn't mind running and knows (or can learn) how to throw a frisbee. We don't play strictly by the rules and don't keep score. It's all for fun and exercise.
We're currently off for the Winter. We generally play as long as weather and daylight permit, after the clocks change in the Spring until they change back again in the Fall.
Dialogic plays on Wednesday evenings at 6PM (weather and participation permitting) at Parsippany Hills High School which is right off of Route 202 about 1 mile north of Route 10. See map below. Take 202 North from Route 10 and make a left on Rita Drive. We play on the upper fields behind the school where the baseball diamonds are.
You can email Jeff Feinstein for more information or have yourself added to the Ultimate Frisbee mail list by sending an email to the Dialogic list server. To add yourself to the mail list simply send an email to listserv@mail.dialogic.com that contains the text SUB ultimate_frisbee your@email.address. Make sure that the command begins on the very first line of your mail message.
The links below will give you more general information about the sport.
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Page last updated 10/06/20 by Dan Roman