Hello to everyone that loves or is interested in Ultimate Frisbee,

Dunking in basketball, bending a shot in soccer, and striking a golf ball for a hole in one are impressive feats of physical ability in sports. But, have you ever had a moment when you were impressed by a frisbee?

Watching my coach sling a frisbee like a shot putter in the Olympics and having the frisbee soar swiftly across an entire football field, amazed my middle school self in an instant. Unfortunately, my turn did not look nearly as glorious as my plastic disc fluttered, careened into a tree, ricocheted off a fence, and barely missed Mr. Adam’s, my intimidating math teacher, car in the faculty parking lot. Although my physical skills were not honed in yet, my interest did not dwindle and I was not the only one to try this new game among my group of friends. Don’t get me wrong, most of the school never heard of frisbee as a sport and there was only one frisbee provided during break, which we elected to hide in a crevice in between our science and math rooms buildings after recess. Not many people played frisbee and it seemed to create its own niche even in middle school. Little did I know I would be launching accurate hucks with my own ultimate frisbee team just a few years later in college.

Currently, I am exploring the world of ultimate frisbee and leading a college team on the west coast. I like exploring new offensive, defensive, and leadership strategies used in ultimate to get my team as ready as possible. I want to divulge a swig of ultimate frisbee’s history so I can focus on the counter culture of the sport, the things that I want improved, how to get involved, and the direction of ultimate frisbee in Los Angeles and abroad.

As many of you frisbee goers understand, ultimate (ultimate frisbee) is not only a sport but a way of living. Most people, myself included, are involved in several facets of the sport: frolf (disc golf), casual summer leagues, club teams, and many more. This way of thinking and living usually is usually light hearted and a bit comical. For example, the Los Angeles Organization of Ultimate Teams (LAOUT) hosts a quirky hat tournament where each player is encouraged to compete in ridiculous, home-made, or otherwise interesting hats to use during a game and the tournament will have special rules governing these hats. The funny thing is that these matches will still test your physical limits and you will usually be finding yourself panting on the sideline. The “ultimate” community is a unique haven of casual but competitive environment, where sportsmanship takes on a new meaning with the self-refereeing aspect of ultimate frisbee. This also has to do with the fact that a lot of ultimate frisbee players like to hang out, drink, and generally have a good time with each other outside of playing ultimate frisbee.

I am blogging about this up and coming sport because I want it to have some exposure outside of the ultimate community since it receives limited media exposure, and frankly when it does get media play, it is played off as childish and trivial. I want this to be a conversation among frisbee players and non frisbee players, where knowledge and news about this unconventional sport can flourish and spark interest.

  I hope I have already convinced you in becoming involved in the awesome ultimate frisbee community.